Recently thanks to a former employee of the NSA, Edward Snowden, leaking files of what the NSA is actually doing. The NSA since as early as 2008, have been spying on American citizens, the people who fund them. They have been collecting phone calls, messages, and yes your internet traffic. It's not only us that they're spying on though, its the rest of the first world. Information on other countries leaders and people of importance. This is a huge invasion of privacy that we as a nation, have done nothing about. I don't think people quite understand how invasive this is. the NSA has the capability of turning on your laptop camera and microphone without your knowledge and recording your most private moments. They have your search history and access to your data. even most encrypted data is accessible.As mentioned in Washingtons blog one of formal NSA officials that helped make the surveillance system admits that "We are, like, that far from a turnkey totalitarian state." It's funny in a way that the money we earn and pay taxes on, is funding a agency that is spying on us, so in turn, we are spying on us, and giving the information to less than reputable people.
So what do we as a country do about this? I'm not ok with my money going into this program. I think the money would be better spent on social programs or to schools or anything that gives the US more infrastructure. We only have ourselves as citizens to blame for this intrusive government program, and we will have to be the ones to fix it as well.
Washington's blog:
http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2013/12/former-top-nsa-official-now-police-state.html
I have heard a lot of conspiracy theories, but I have never heard about people not believing that the moon exists. I think it's pretty interesting. I like how you talked about a real situation about security. I have heard news about the NSA invading our privacy and I do not approve of it. Without the sense of security, it is hard to feel safe in this country, even within the walls of my own room.
ReplyDeleteNice post. It is very nice that you mention about Edward Snowden, and what he revealed about NSA. The files showed that people in NSA have been collecting phone calls, messages, and intercepting our internet traffic. It is really a huge invasion of privacy. Also I agree with you, instead of spending a huge amount of money on funding NSA, we should use it to fund other programs such as social and school programs.
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