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Is the right to privacy – the right to be left alone and to keep the details of one’s personal life to oneself – really a right?  Is privacy just a privilege that can be revoked any time it conflicts with other more important needs, like the need to protect our security?  Who has the right to infringe upon our privacy and for what particular purposes?  How much public surveillance do we really need to stay safe and does that count as an infringement on our privacy?  How does...

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