In conclusion, the examination of wiretapping, data manipulation, and the possibility of the Clipper Chip proposal all result in the invasion of privacy rights through surveillance. The continued expansion and the greater use of telecommunication technology creates new opportunities for abusing the advancing technology at the expense of privacy rights. Although the government or an equally equipped large institution cannot conduct physical surveillance of the public, the ease and the accessibility of various forms of electronic surveillance has led the government to seize opportunities with little regard for the right to privacy.
Surveillance constitutes only a part of the issues of privacy invasions in the telecommunications.
Disregard for privacy rights have pervaded the mentality of the individuals as well as the big organizations. Although I will not examine these violations in detail, again the same problem of unclear definition of privacy rights exist. With the Internet paving the way for the future information highway, more troubling questions arise such as the status and the level of control of the service providers such as Prodigy. The problems of violations of privacy point to enactments of clearer statutes protecting and enforcing the right to privacy especially in light of the shortcomings of common law's ability to protect the privacy rights in the advancing telecommunications.