Privacy 2.0

While watching the video, I was angry. I mean who wouldn't be? Our own President is looking our country in the face and lying to us through his teeth. Snowden had good intentions. I will admit that I'm not quite sure he went about it in the right way, but what other choice did he have? Obviously going to authority gets your fired for not following the chain of command, so he had no choice if he wanted America to know the truth.

The extent to which the US went to in order to keep us safe is unreal. I understand where they're coming from, but why are they not showing America that what they're doing is working? Why the heck are they not proving that they are stopping terrorist attacks by monitoring our every move? In some people's eyes, they would still no be okay with being monitored 24/7 but at least the government has evidence to back up their actions.

Snowden. I don't believe he was a trader. I think his ethical and moral values got the best of him and he saw what happened to his coworkers that tried to step forward. To the best of his knowledge, he did what he needed to in order to let the public know the truth. We have no privacy. Not if we use technology! I knew that when I signed up for my social media sites and email accounts. You give them all this information about you when you sign up, pretty much handing over your privacy. If people want to be private, they don't use the internet for one, and for two, it requires them to do everything in person. Exactly like how Snowden reached out.

With all the continued advances in technology, it's impossible to be private, and the government is simply taking advantage of that. Is it ethical? No. Do I think they're really catching the bad guys? Not really. I mean how many mass shootings have happened in the last 5 years? All in all, we can't change what they're doing, we can only make ourselves aware of it and proceed through life accordingly.