In a TEDx convention, Luke Harding talks about what the press has learned to form the files that Snowden has released. They do anything to ruin your image and taint your reputation, discrediting anything that comes from the person of interest. The traced back everything you might have searched, posted, or connections to others who are not ‘patriotic’ and nitpick everything you’ve done to persuade the public that you are a terrorist or a threat to the country. This is something that he said they would do based on all the information they have gathered from someone if they have any reason to suspect you as someone with too much information that can harm those in power. Greenwald and Snowden discuss why he had to flee the US because our government says that he is against us and trying to defect to enemy countries. Why do the phones for the rich have encryption versus everyone else? Are only people who are poor a threat or are they trying to keep something from getting out? We are being surveilled by people who do not have our interest in the mind and if they know that they are at risk of being found out they will do anything they can to discredit information leaked. As stated in an article by Matt Reichel (Race, Class, and Privacy: A Critical Historical Review), ‘The phone used by the rich is encrypted by default and cannot be surveilled, and the phone used by most people in the global south and the poor and disadvantaged can be surveilled”, (pg. Research has shown that there is a discrimination against lower class people. Those in power have resources that normal people do not have access to, because of this they can easily abuse information. As Snowden expressed in the video that those agencies and government are giving themselves the authority to do as they please to benefit themselves.
In his interview with (Greenwald) The Guardian in 2013, he (Snowden) expresses his concern for the U.S. People like Edward Snowden who in recent time has become a whistleblower about the NSA and CIA surveillance tactics. Many people have tried to expose the truth of the misuse of the people’s information. Apart from that, we have learned that there are people who take advantage of these systems for their own benefit such as identity theft, government spying, etc.
In our modern times, we have become accustomed to surveillance systems for security. People are not aware if they are watched and when they do find out they feel a great violation of their privacy has been taken advantage of.
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