[Tom4784]

Originally Posted by Jamie89

I think protecting freedoms/privacy is one thing and protecting lives is another, and there has to be a balance. If the police wanted to look at my whatsapp messages because they suspected something I'd be fine with that, even though it's giving up my privacy to an extent, there could be a situation in the future where they view someone else's and they stop something that might save my life. It's not as though anyone and everyone would be able to view that kind of stuff, if it was just the police and any data was handled privately. And I think that's why we have the police, to keep us protected and to act as people we can trust, and as the world becomes more and more online, we need a police presence there just as much as we need police patrolling the streets, that's just the world now.

It saddens and enrages me how people are so willing to throw their liberties and rights away for a false sense of security. No respect for the cost people have paid for those rights to exist.