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WHAT THE EXPERTS THINK ABOUT THE ISSUE

To have a more technical point of view, the analysis was enlarged upon the academic world in the web.

The mass surveillance issue is mainly discussed from the legislative point of view. Most of the analyzed authors are legal experts or human rights experts.

35%legislative 15%socio-cultural 15%technical 09%politics 26%human rights
There are no opposite positions, the debate is fragmented and rich in shades.
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IN FAVOUR OF MASS SURVEILLANCE

Surveillance is lawfull and necessary to preserve security, it does not matter if it violate the right to privacy

SURVEILLANCE IS NECESSARY

They think surveillance is necessary to mantain national security, however current practices and rules are not completely proper.

NEUTRAL

They talk about mass surveillance without taking a position.

CURRENT PRACTICES ARE ILLEGAL

They are not completely against surveillance but current practices are for certain unlawfull.

AGAINST ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE

Against surveillance, it is not only illegal but even a challenge to human rights and democracy.
Laws are no longer updated to the new technologies.

To argue about mass surveillance, academics often mention some legal cases.
However, most of them date back to the half of the XX Century.

How old are the ten most cited legal cases?

World Wide Web birth 1890 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 1883 USA v. Jones 1976USA v. Miller 1979Smith v. Maryland 1983USA v. Knotts 1994USA v. Garcia 2001Kyllo v. USA 2010USA v. Pineda Moreno 1968Terry v. Ohio 1963Katz v. USA 1927Olmstead v. USA

Most of the activists try to give a possible solution to the issue.

Prevention is better than a cure
NO PROPOSALS PREVENTION change laws/new laws 14 Changing or making new laws/rules review surveillance practicies 14 Reviewing surveillance practices evade intrusions 9 more transparency 3 More transparency Teaching users how to evade intrusions CURE