政府是否应该监控电话和电子邮件？

How does the possibility of having your digital footprint monitored affect your sense of freedom and trust in the government?

Would you accept more government surveillance if it significantly decreased acts of terror?

If your safety was at stake, would you be willing to give up some privacy, and where do you draw the line?

Does the thought of being watched or listened to by someone you don't know make you uncomfortable, and why?

Imagine your life as an open book; how would that change the way you communicate online?

What would you do if you found out your personal messages were being monitored to prevent potential crimes?

When, if ever, do you believe the benefits of surveillance outweigh the right to privacy?

How would you feel if your personal conversations were listened to without your consent for national security?

Have you ever felt like your privacy was compromised, and if so, what should be the limits of that invasion?

Yes, but only under the scrutiny of the courts where necessary to protect citizens either collectively or individually

No, not at all. I think phone calls and emails should be private. It is not other peoples business and they don't need to know what we are talking about.

Only in severe circumstances where national security is threatened.

They should only be able to monitor people who have been identified as a threat, and only by court order

I say 'no', but only because I see a growing society that has less and less respect for the 'Honour system' and I believe that even though this may be an important tool to protect against suspected crimes of terrorism, it will be abused and misused.

if this was an ironclad method to reduce terrorism, then yes. otherwise, this is an invasion of privacy

I feel like the federal government should be allowed to monitor emails and phone calls that are flagged with key words that insinuate a possible terrorist or illegal act.

I find this to be a ridiculous notion. Under certain circumstances it would be permissible but its a blatant intrusion of privacy and completely unnecessary. A acceptable situation is someone suspected for crimes, but just monitoring people for the sake of doing so is completely illogical.

No, and enact legislation preventing government surveillance of citizen communications, It is the citizens responsibility to protect the country in this case since the government cannot possibly handle everything and proper education provided on the subject in schools on a side note they are taught in a way that does not create future paranoia. Once a threat is flagged by citizens only then should authority intervene. Immigrants will have to be under surveillance for as long their education into citizenship is provided, and Immigrants with a history of violence or fraud will not be allowed into the country.

I'm torn...I am concerned with the federal government having cart blanche access to private information, yet I am for being able to prevent acts that negatively harm groups of innocent people.

Yes but only with a court order or a percieved threat

Yes, after proving that the act is necessary for National security, and combating organized crime and child pornography