Response To Scare Mail

Response to Scare Mail:

            After looking at this piece, I was somewhat bothered that such a thing existed, but after looking deeper into it my mindset changed slightly. Scare mail is a website generates emails that tamper with The National Security Agency (NSA). This website creates emails that would be recognized as terrorist threats, which are then picked up by the NSA’s security programs. Once the NSA retrieves the email, they would find out that it is harmless, but it still messes with their computer software.

 As I said earlier, when I first opened this page I thought to myself “Why would anyone want to interfere with the NSA?” The NSA is here to protect and defend the US from threats. I said to myself “This website is ridiculous; I cannot believe people would actual do things like this.” I still somewhat believe that, due to my background and personal beliefs. I am a strong advocate for taking action when it comes to preventing crime before it occurs.

When I started to look deeper into this website, I was able to discover what it stands for. It represents individual freedom and privacy. Ultimately, this forced me to reshape my thought process and take a new perspective. This website was not created to simply bully and poke fun at the NSA, but rather to shine light on the fact that government agencies sometimes violate constitutional rights. Even though the constitution says nothing about privacy, it is understood to the majority that we all have an expectation of our individual privacy. Therefore, this website does stand for a powerful and positive message.

With all of this in mind, I still do not think it is the best idea to interfere with those who are responsible for protecting and serving our country. Agencies like the NSA have to deal with people who take extremely dangerous measures to hurt and kill the innocent. The NSA uses Prisim and Xkeyscore to monitor and flag potentially dangerous messages in order to prevent violent terroristic attacks on the United States. Even though their agenda is to protect, this does not give them the right to look inside public files and personal data. Our nation was built on that very principle. We the people have rights that must be held to a standard, or else everything the Constitution stands for is a lie.