I personally do, he actually risked his life to release information about the government spying on people. And there are for sure more advanced ways now. Even your phone is listening.
I personally do, he actually risked his life to release information about the government spying on people. And there are for sure more advanced ways now. Even your phone is listening.
Of course not. He’s a criminal. What did leaking that data do to improve the lives of Americans? Now, how much more advanced did our foreign enemies become in attacking our intelligence? He was an extremist that made us more vulnerable to threats based on his own personal value system.
It may seem like not much changed, but it was one of the motivating factors for the big push for TLS everywhere after it was revealed that PRISM was tapped into and mirroring unencrypted communications. Also Signal probably wouldn’t be as popular as it now, with people still using unencrypted communications.
One of the NSA’s missions is to protect all of the federal government’s computer networks from cyber-terrorism. You could argue that in light of what Snowden revealed, the increased focus of security and encryption did more to protect all of the federal government’s computer networks from cyber-terrorism than any other NSA initiative ever.
How so?
It’s giving away our intelligence apparatus to every other nation. What do you mean how.
Every other nation’s intelligence services already know all of that stuff. All he did was reveal it to the American people. Intelligence classifications are meant to keep YOU from knowing
Is there any particular piece of information that he revealed which could have been used by anyone really to… I dunno… bypass defenses or take advantage of people or whatever in some a way that could actually hurt people?
I dunno. Everything I’ve heard is that everything that he leaked that has been released was super innocuous militarily (not that the military is a bunch of knights in shining armor or anything) or national-defense-wise. It is (or at least should be) very embarrassing to the U.S. “intelligence apparatus”. And it’s clearly good reason to believe that Uncle Sam clearly doesn’t have our (American’s) best interests at heart. But what could possibly have even hypothetically been used to cause any harm?
(And, I don’t know, maybe you know something I’m unaware of, but it really seemed like he went out of his way to avoid any harm to anything but the reputation of the intelligence industrial complex. And maybe a few presidents.)
He didn’t sanitize names, addresses, or active locations of the individuals involved in the work he was exposing. He made each of them a direct target.
Most people who are critical of him from an educated place instead of one based on feels do so because of that. That wasn’t necessary to get his point across, it was sloppy and reckless, and completely unnecessary. People who call him a terrorist usually are the ones who believe there’s no way you could be so reckless and instead attribute it to malicious ulterior motives of trying to get people killed.
Are you really whiteknighting NSA agents?
I’m sure it was no secret to these other countries that the US was spying on their own citizens.
Alright, so you are for more spying on actual innocent Americans. Great…
So you were fishing for confirmation rather than looking for opinions? Don’t ask a polarizing question if you can’t stomach the answers you don’t agree with.
What, I can’t respond? And no, I am just pointing out how ridiculous that comment actually is, lol.
It wasn’t my comment. And if it was, my point still stands. Don’t ask questions if you don’t want to hear opposing answers.
I meant “that” comment. What? am I not allowed to respond to it on my post? Get over yourself.
You didn’t just respond. You immediately went feral. Like I said, you weren’t looking for responses, you were looking for confirmation of your views. When you didn’t get it, you lashed out like a child.
You can respond however you want, but actions have reactions, and this is that.
No one went feral. You’re overreacting.
How is this feral? : “Alright, so you are for more spying on actual innocent Americans. Great…”
You don’t know how I think, look at you assuming. I posted on here, of course I expected other views. And you acting all high and mighty like you know everything is disgusting.
Granted they could’ve responded a little better but as someone else said, your reaction is very out of proportion.
What if they were?
Then it doesn’t belong in no stupid question.
You don’t get to decide that.
So you believe the reason for that question is to stupid to feature on no stupid questions?
And this is how cowards look.
Username checks out.