In June, a threat intelligence team known as Insikt Group at security research firm Recorded Future discovered the sale of sensitive U.S. military information in the course of monitoring criminal activity on dark web marketplaces.
Assuming that crime prevention is justification for government surveillance, I wonder how many people in the " I have nothing to hide" category would feel differently if instead of unwarranted Internet or phone surveillance, police officers routinely looked into people's homes through unobstructed windows and opened doors as a way of monitoring criminal activity?
Until a decade ago, Purdue, like most drug manufacturers, didn't monitor pharmacies for criminal activity.
Those individuals are then put on notice that their movements and activities will be closely monitored and any criminal activity (by them or their associates) will result in harsh penalties.
A former Purdue executive, who monitored pharmacies for criminal activity, acknowledged that even when the company had evidence pharmacies were colluding with drug dealers, it did not stop supplying distributors selling to those stores.
And if the purpose in gathering the information is to monitor crowds for potential criminal activity, that would also undermine an expectation of privacy".
Much of the monitoring will come from governments that hope to deter criminal activity by monitoring us, says David D. Cole, a professor of law at Georgetown University who specializes in constitutional law and national security.
Asked if the F.B.I. was investigating, Special Agent Richard Kolko, an F.B.I. spokesman in New York, said in a phone interview that the bureau did not "monitor people or groups, we investigate criminal activity".
He also said that Gülen's supporters believe that all electronic communications in and out the cleric's compound have probably been monitored for years, but no evidence of criminal activity had been revealed.
