Loading…

Transcript

Om Patel

  1. 0:00 Hey guys, hopping back on here.
  2. 0:02 Um, and I just wanted to talk about government surveillance and privacy.
  3. 0:07 Um, and the question I kind of want to bring up is how much privacy should citizens realistically give up for their safety.
  4. 0:16 Um after events like 9-11, the US government, you know, they started using a lot more surveillance to help, you know, stop terrorism and keep people safe.
  5. 0:24 Uh they began tracking phone calls, emails, uh, and even online searches through programs um like the Patriot Act.
  6. 0:32 But supporters say this helps prevent dangerous acts and keep the country secure, but others think, you know, sometimes it goes too far.
  7. 0:39 Um that it gives governments honestly it gives them too much power and invades people's privacy.
  8. 0:46 Um and it honestly raises a big question, uh, one that I've been pondering on for some time, but how much privacy am I willing to give up for my own safety?
  9. 0:54 Um, you know, I think it's a tough balance, personally.
  10. 0:57 Um I do think that we need strong security.
  11. 1:00 Um, but you know, I also want to be able to live without feeling that somebody's always watching over my shoulder, you know.
  12. 1:07 Um I don't know if safety shouldn't necessarily come at the cost of freedom.

Thomas Freer

  1. 0:00 Yeah, um, I totally agree with what you said, and I think it's important, especially now more than ever, um, we're in this new revelate revolution of AI, not just AI, but algorithms on our apps that are tracking a ton of data on us.
  2. 0:18 And I think we've honestly gone beyond the point of no return in terms of some of this privacy stuff that we've allowed to um we've at least as Americans decided we don't really care enough.
  3. 0:30 But I think the biggest thing going forward should be transparency, especially from these big companies like Meta, um, that are tracking, you know, everything you're doing and putting into an algorithm to keep you on the app longer.
  4. 0:45 I think that um you know we need to we need to be able to know what they're tracking and basically agree with it or not.
  5. 0:55 And I think that many people will still be fine with it with if just using meta and Instagram as an example.
  6. 1:02 But I think that people should be made aware what exactly is being tracked, other than just like a you know, that screen comes up and everyone just agrees to the terms and conditions, and they have no idea what's on there, but like that South Park episode, they could be signing away their whole lives.