Have you ever wondered if anyone has information on you that you do not know about? Well the Total Information Awareness (TIA) program does.
The TIA is a branch of the Department of Defense based on pulling together as much information as possible on as many people as possible into an "ultra-large-scale" database. That information is then available for the government officials to look at in order to identify terrorists. The TIA is the closest program there is to a true "Big Brother" because there are people who watch pretty much everything you do all the time.
TIA is run by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency that works on military research. Government records of individuals' medical and financial records, political beliefs, travel history, prescriptions, buying habits, school records, and all ways of communication including social media, phone calls and emails.
A lot of people do not like this program because of the lack of privacy. Almost everything we do online and in real life is tracked and recorded for government officials to look at. The TIA holds a tremendous amount of power over all United States individuals. Total Information Awareness damages American Freedom because innocent people will be considered suspects without ever being able to clear their name for something they did not even do.
I think the TIA can be a very good thing at times by protecting our country from terrorists, but it can also be a scary program because of the loss of privacy and the uneasiness individuals feel towards teh TIA.
No comments:
Post a Comment