Monday, April 4, 2016
Final Ethics Project
For my final project I will be focusing on the DCS-100 (Carnivore) and DCS-3000 (Redhook) packet sniffer used by the FBI to eavesdrop on criminal and terrorist online activity. The DCS systems are used to gather intelligence for domestic security and assemble evidence for criminal prosecution. With an authorizing court order in hand, the FBI installs it on an Internet Service Provider to trace the online communications of suspected individuals. After 9-11, Congress passed the Patriot Act which lowered thresholds for surveillance approval and greatly expanded its range. These were powerful surveillance tools prior to 9-11, but it became much more powerful in the new legal context of the Patriot Act. Ethical reflections include the intermediate moral concepts of security, privacy, and due process.
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This sounds like a good topic. I don't see much of a moral issue here. If the FBI is using due process and getting warrants based on probable cause then I don't have a problem with them using the DCS systems.
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion, this is a good argument topci. I think you can discuss FBI installs DCS systems whether right or wrong. You can say why is right or wrong. I think Edward Snowden case can relate to your topic
ReplyDeleteGood topic the more leverage the FBI gets to get a sneak peak in your window. The more Minority Report becomes a REALITY!
ReplyDeleteIn this topic right here there is no moral issu because the FBI which a entity that is there to provide security for the US. The process that they are using is legal therefor ethical because it is covered under the Patriot act which is a Law that was put in place after 9-11
ReplyDeleteI'm all for combating crime and terror and these systems as long as they are used correctly. As we all know, many of these eavesdropping systems have been directed at normal people. Warrants were passed regardless of whether there were evidence or not. Mere suspicion of an individual could've gotten you a warrant.
ReplyDeleteWe love our privacy and do not want to get bothered by anybody, however, I find it hard to challenge any action by a government agency which is legal. There could've been a moral issue if that wasn't made legal.
ReplyDeleteThe FBI will tap into your phones and other systems even if they have a slight suspicious. I agree with Sgt. Baby Pink. There is nothing wrong with tapping into systems when they have a probable cause. This information that the FBI gathers is private, and confidential. There should be no problem with collecting information on criminals.
ReplyDeleteThe FBI will tap into your phones and other systems even if they have a slight suspicious. I agree with Sgt. Baby Pink. There is nothing wrong with tapping into systems when they have a probable cause. This information that the FBI gathers is private, and confidential. There should be no problem with collecting information on criminals.
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