What-cha Got There?

Privacy is becoming an even hotter topic in recent years. Since the attacks on 9/11 the opinion seems to be split about the power that we as US citizens should give the men and women protecting us. Some say that if to much power is given these mostly do good public servants will start to abuse the rights and powers they have been entrusted with. Others say that if we do not equip these upholders of the law with the proper tools to do their job and give them the freedoms and responsibilities they need we limit the effectiveness of their crime fighting abilities. Issues range from internet security laws to proper search and seizer of citizens, from journalist rights to confidential sources to law officials rights to confidential sources. While there is still a great deal to be decided in the realm of technology and the vast world of the internet the rights that we all enjoy online will most likely be based on the rights that we enjoy offline, in our homes or in public. There have been recent cases have changed the landscape of the general rules of what is allowed to be used as evidence. These changes signify the change of judicial leadership and the desire to protect all at the cost of some.