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The Legislative Expansion of the Surveillance State

The contemporary debate regarding the ethics of surveillance: balancing national security and personal privacy originated largely from the legislative expansion of state power following the 2001 terrorist attacks. The USA PATRIOT Act institutionalized broad data collection, premised on the utilitarian logic that collective safety necessitates the sacrifice of individual anonymity. This shift transformed the relationship between the state and the citizen, moving from targeted investigations to a model of preemptive, mass data acquisition.

The Fallacy of the Nothing to Hide Argument

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