Study Journal 4

The past few classes we've discussed a lot about ethics involved in cyber security and spying.  Our discussion about moral justification for having spy programs that we denounce in other countries was, as already stated, disturbing to me.  Taking the 'might is right' stance for morality bothers me quite a bit.  In reference to this same thing, I feel like transparency would do a lot to mend the rift between the American government and the people they collect data on (read everybody).  I don't think the issue is with people being upset about America looking at that data (since frankly you can find anything on the internet anyway) it's the way that it tried to hide it, and when revealed tried to justify it in unsatisfying ways.  On the lines of people revealing secrets (ie Wiki Leaks) I feel like, again, the governments justifications are unfounded.  They expect to to be privileged to all the worlds secrets, but get upset when people use the same methods to reveal theirs.  In these reactions we can see that the government sees themselves as above or exempt to the law.  I feel like requiring the government to act in ways like a company, subject to the same laws, would lessen this effect.