France on Sunday provided Malaysia images of what could possible the missing jet. A Malaysian official involved in the search mission said the French image was captured Friday and was about 930 kilometers (575 miles) north from where the Chinese and Australian objects were seen.
Rob Griffith and Scott Mcdonald. "Malaysia: France has images of possible jet debris." Yahoo News. March 23rd. 2014. Web. March 23rd. 2014. <http://news.yahoo.com/malaysia-france-images-possible-jet-debris-100413872--finance.html>
The National Security Agency has been recording all of a foreign country's phone calls, then listening to the conversations up to a month later, The Washington Post reported Tuesday. At the request of U.S. officials, the Post said it would not identify the targeted country or other countries where the program's use was envisioned by officials. This program known as the MYSTIC is used to help the U.S monitor the activity of "suspicious" countries.
Associated Press. "NSA reportedly recording all phone calls in a foreign country." Fox News. March 19th. 2014. Web. March 23rd. 2014. <http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/03/19/nsa-reportedly-recording-all-phone-calls-in-foreign-country/>Recently the AAAS (The American Association for the Advancement of Science) has taken the media to explain to the public that global warming if effecting climates throughout the world rapidly. These climate changes are harmful for the existence of species and we are not helping the environment by all the fuel wasting technology we are utilizing in our daily lives. "The scientists said they were hoping to persuade Americans to look at climate change as an issue of risk management. The society said it plans to send out scientists on speaking tours to try to begin a debate on managing those risks.
The report noted the climate is warming at almost unprecedented pace.
“The rate of climate change now may be as fast as any extended warming period over the past 65 million years, and it is projected to accelerate in the coming decades."
Suzanne Goldberg. "Climate change is putting world at risk of irreversible changes, scientists warn." The Guardian. March 18th. 2014. Web. March 23rd. 2014. <http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/mar/18/climate-change-world-risk-irreversible-changes-scientists-aaas>
As someone who is a devoted follower of March Madness and has relatives all over the world that join this month of NCAA college basketball tournament, I think this is a big deal for all the sports lover across the globe. March Madness requires fans to make brackets for the college teams involved, eventually your final bracket being your winning team and you follow along and see how well your bracket is doing. This past Wednesday, President Obama also released his bracket to the media which quickly was followed by many. There have been many surprises with the wins and loses that have occurred so far.
Mike Chiari. "President Obama reveals his 2014 March Madness bracket." Bleacher Report. March 19th. 2014. Web. March 23rd. 2014. <http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1998046-president-barack-obama-reveals-his-2014-march-madness-bracket>
Do you think that NSA surveillance is acceptable? I think the NSA does a good job keeping track of the most sensitive situations out there, and I'm willing to give up some of my privacy for this. What do you think?
ReplyDeleteYes, Fareenzzzzzzzzzzz, what do you think? I think that, to a certain degree, this type of surveillance be necessary, but I think the United States has to be careful not to take it too far.
ReplyDeleteI respectfully disagree. We as individuals should at least have the right to keep our calls, texts and emails private. If these rights are taken away from us, we are nothing but stats on a computer screen that are being watched and we are much more than that. We should all have the liberty of keeping what we want private.
ReplyDeleteI agree that these things need to be kept private, which is why I said the United States needs to make sure they don't take this too far.
ReplyDeleteI actually agree with Emil on this case. If you look at the things that the NSA does, they are not looking through everybody's calls, messages, texts, etc. But they are only looking at said information of "possible" criminals and terrorists. There have also been multiple cases where the NSA has actually been able to stop a terrorist attack in parts of the world, which shows that the NSA is in fact making the world a safer place.
ReplyDeleteI think it should be all right for the government to track our stuff. As long as they aren't sharing our stuff, it's all right. Remember that this is how they found Osama bin Laden, by reading other people's email.
ReplyDeleteAll I can say is, if you are really concerned about the NSA seeing what you do on the Internet, you should be concerned about what you are doing on the Internet.
But Sasha, so much of our information is already accessible online. Just try Googling your name. Also, the NSA doesn't care about YOUR texts, emails, etc. They primarily focus on terrorists. They probably will never look up anything about you in particular.
ReplyDeleteIt's just that they could if they wanted to.
DeleteWell, if one day someone sends a terrorist massage wouldn't you want the goverment to know about it
ReplyDeleteI disagree once again. Even if they focus on specifically on the "bad guys", they're suspecting me, aren't they? Their keeping track of regardless of who you are and that makes me uncomfortable , the fact that my identity is in the hands of government officials. Sure, some surveillance is fine, but access to information that won't show anyone, like conversations with someone are not for the public eye. How many of you have passwords on your phone? They're there for a reason.
ReplyDeleteFareenzzzzzzzzzzzzzz so would you be uncomfortable with them monitoring people outside of the United States?
DeleteThey're not really looking into your stuff, they're just recording it. They won't go through it until they find evidence that you are a terrorist or something. It's like keeping an emergency food stash in my basement; when hurricanes or the zombie apocalypse or something hit us, then I will have what I need to get through it.
DeleteI mean yeah, they're people with rights too. Ad it is absolutely not the U.S's business what anyone is up to.
DeleteI think the reason people don't like this is because so many science fiction type stories portray dystopian futures in which there are no crimes because the government tracks everything so much but there is also tons of blackmail. When will someone figure out how to exploit this system and use it against people? The government can know basically everything about us, and that's not good if someone in the government figures out how to get to this information.
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DeleteI agree with Emil. I think that, regardless of what our "rights" are or even what the constitution says. Its a question of security. Anyway, we aren't even in charge of our own privacy these days That fantasy went out the window when the internet became a thing. As long as it helps to ensure the safety of my friends and family, the government can stalk me all they want.
ReplyDeleteAnd if people don't like it, they can leave. It's as simple as that.
DeleteRicardo has a very good point. And you're all right but I personally don't agree with the whole concepts. There are nations out there that are doing fine or even better without all this. And how many major attacks has the NSA actually stopped? Is compromising your privacy for an "attack" that rarely or often doesn't even ocurr worth it?
ReplyDeleteEthan, what you put on the internet is your business and you have control over it. I don't think that the "fantasy" of privacy went anywhere.
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