On Thursday, March 7, AMERICAblog posted a commentary on the recently proposed cell phone privacy law in Texas. According to the blog, this new law, if successful, would require authorities to obtain warrants before securing location/personal information that could be accessed through your mobile devices or mobile providers, as well as requiring service providers to publish annual transparency reports that would reveal whether or not your phone has a warrant issued against it.
Although the proposed law is, as of now, only in Texas, the author's intended audience could easily be the general U.S. public. As stated in the blog, Texas' size means that the law, if passed, would more than likely have some kind of impact on citizens of other states as well.
As far as credibility, the author appears to more or less know what they're talking about. Although not too many details were given on the proposed law, the author takes into account its potential impact in Texas, as well as the affect it would have on the rest of the nation.
The author's argument isn't lengthy, but it presents the information as it is, and get's the point across. Enough evidence is given to support the author's claim that privacy protection is important, and that, if passed, this new law would perhaps encourage the backing of future action for further protection. The author's logic is sound, yet subjective, and their opinion on Republicans is made very clear towards the end (the author basically mocks them and their stand on gun control).
Overall the argument was well presented and factual, yet still an interesting enough read.
Thanks it was interesting.
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