In our world many people object to the government monitoring calls, reading our texts, etc. Much of this controversy surrounds the NSA, CIA and other various agencies warrant-less surveillance of telephone calls to, from, or by any individuals deemed suspicious or a threat. Personally I don't mind if someone listens in on my calls because, I believe that the government will do the right thing and is only implementing this to protect us from outside threats.
Many assume that when the government monitors phone calls that there is a person actively listening in on those calls, some shady government worker lurking in the shadows listening to your calls to your loved ones. This is not the case. The majority of phone call monitoring done by the government is done by computers. These computers use software which converts words into text and processes the calls in this way. The government then uses programs to search these transcripts for certain key words or hot words, then based upon the amount of key words used in the call a human agent may or may not be used for further investigation. This is done with mobile phones more often than with land lines because it is easier to track the location of the person with the mobile phone using triangulation techniques. This however has created controversy in the united states.
Although many feel that this breaches our rights as US Citizens and that the government has no right to do this, I still chose to believe that the end justifies the means. If the government has a better chance of stopping a terrorist attack and saving innocent lives, then the end justifies the means.
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