What needs to be protected should be data contained by software, not the software itself. After all, keeping data safe is important to keeping our privacy.
Accessing the internal working of software should be allowed, in a way such action should taken from granted. The study, modification, and redistribution of a piece of software should be something that can be done by any user who wished to do so.
On the other hand, such actions on data shouldn't be allowed. Software and data should be separate things, and data should be protected by default. All data belongs to the original user, as such only that user has the authority on how the data it produces can be used and by who it can be used in what manner.
Individuals have the right to legally own their data, and shouldn't lose that ownership under any circumstance at all. Only permissions are granted on certain parts of our data to a given party, and those permissions can be revoked at the time on which the individual chooses. There is no reason why a third party to use our data without our express permission to do so.
There is a need to have harsh punishments on people who use any data of an individual, for whatever purpose, without the consent of the owner of the data.
Also, data from public entities shouldn't be equated with that of private individuals. Public entities, like governments and companies, should be more readily available than that of private individuals. Even so, there should be clear guidelines on who, when and why a particular piece of data from these entities is shared or made public.
We need to make sure that our data is what the most protected valuable on our modern society.
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