The average citizen today may feel as though they are constantly being watched a

The average citizen today may feel as though they are constantly being watched and their actions recorded. And perhaps rightly so. After all, social media sites market personalized products based on how you use the Internet, cell phones pinpoint your location, and fitness trackers transmit your health and fitness activities to the cloud. This sense of being “spied on,” however, does not negate the important use of surveillance techniques in solving and preventing crime.
For this Discussion, you analyze how to balance two sometimes opposing sides in surveillance work: the expectation of privacy and the goal of public safety.
Post a response to the following:
1. When conducting surveillance, explain how to balance an expectation of citizen privacy with a legitimate investigative procedure that has public safety as its goal.
2. Explain whether citizens should differentiate between government intrusion and private companies who use citizens’ online data to surveil their movements and activity.
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