Edward Snowden and the conspiracy that surrounds his actions is a heated topic in my home. My wife believes in absolute transparency in governmental affairs. I think that is a beautiful ideal, but it is an unrealistic expectation. The government's actions were unethical, but Edward Snowden's actions were deliberate and malicious, as well as self-serving. Many people hail Snowden as a hero because he blew the whistle on the NSA. I don't think his motives were just. It is possible information he has could damage democracy, not save it.
It is interesting that I see Snowden as a traitor. With my history, one would assume I would e all for bringing down political corruption. My wife often laughs at the anarchy tattoos that I have on my hands.
I recently watched the documentary We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks, this as the title denotes the story of Julian Assange and WikiLeaks. Once again my opinion is that this man is a self-serving criminal who is a product of the information age and too much anti-social social media.
Furthermore, the government's need to know is creating a scenario where there are things they need to know. What I mean by this is by looking for discontent they create discontent.
I find it interesting that privacy is such an issue in this day and age where people put everything and anything on the internet. They blog about t=things from breakfast to breakups. People believe that if they have allowed someone to view their page of "friend" them that they are not sharing information, not true. If you want to keep yourself to yourself, stay off the web!
Recently I have been looking for a new matress. I took my laptop, and while on campus googled and viewed a video about a certain matress, now this same mattress ad and others like it has made an appearance on my wife's facebook and in the random ads that show up when she uses the internet. Now that's scary!!
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