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    Five Eyes has been around since 1946 this top secret surveillance agency is comprised of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States. five eyes is an alliance between different countries which use the surveillance on electronic devices in order to “collect it all.” The big question is, does the government follow in the proper guide lines of the law to surveil everyone?

    Five Eyes was started during World War II in order to spy on warfare but no one was aware of the technological advances that we would make as the years went on and since these advances have been made the public has not been made aware of the surveillance Five Eyes has over all electronic devices. The five eye agency is full of secrets and kept very private from the public. The fact that this is kept secret or the amount of secrecy going on in this agency allows for unlawful action to occur such as invasion of privacy, ____. Some good things that could come from the Five Eye agency is protection from terrorists, preventing war or better preparing for it, all around being able to keep our country safe.

    Five Eyes intelligence agency can be changed. If the government is allowed to do this but they are crossing boundaries of the law while collecting information about everything and everyone and it gets out to the public we would be able to change the laws.When it comes to surveillance it is one this to spy on things such as terrorism or even different warfare activities that could cause harm to our country but cutting corners in the law and disrespecting peoples right to privacy is a different story. As a whole the five eye agency could be affecting society because of the invasion of privacy. If the word of this agency got around to more people or was more open about how the agency works today with surveillance it would be very interesting to see how the government would handle it because they use it for their benefit especially when it comes to warfare or terrorism threats. According to a Five Eye article PI is "using legal action to compel the US national security agency and other US-based intelligence agencies to share records related to the five eyes alliance under the freedom of information act."

    The thought of having this surveillance on my phone, computer, tablet, any electronic device in my possession freaks me out. After researching Five Eyes i now feel as though there are eyes watching my every move or marking things down about my life. This is exactly how I felt when watching the AI video as well as the Ted Talks about surveillance on electronic devices. 

One question I had while doing this research was even if more information about how the Five Eyes agency uses their surveillance techniques to spy on everyday people and invade their privacy would it change? Or would the government continue to withhold information from the public and continue crossing the lines of the law?