JAV200H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Harvard Law Review, Intellectual Freedom, Totalitarianism
21 Feb 2018
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Neil m. richards, "the dangers of surveillance," harvard law review 126, no. Our law and culture are full of warnings about state scrutiny of our lives. "privacy," we lack an understanding of what "privacy" means in this context and why it matters. We"ve been able to live with this state of affairs largely because the threat of constant surveillance has been relegated to the realms of science fiction and failed totalitarian states. In an age of terror, our government has shown a keen willingness to acquire this data and use it for unknown purposes. Although we have laws that protect us against government surveillance, secret government programs cannot be challenged until they are discovered. And even when they are, our law of surveillance provides only minimal protections: 1935. But the important point is that our society lacks an understanding of why (and when) government surveillance is harmful. I try to explain the harms of government surveillance.
