Edward Snowden essays
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Growing up in the peak of technology was both a curse and a blessing to me. On one hand, I got access to more information and things to do than any generation before. I’ve had the ability my whole life to have access to any piece of information in the world at the grasp of my fingertips. Once I hit middle school, the social media craze began. Everyone eager to pour their whole lives out to their followers. My family...
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Whistleblowing is the act of disclosing to the authorities or the public the immoral, illegal, or incorrect information or activities of an organization. The persons who practice whistleblowing are called whistleblowers and are submitted to some controversial opinions. This is the case of one of the most famous whistleblowers of this decade who is Edward Snowden. After he revealed some highly classified information about the National Security Agency (NSA) in 2013 related to the US government’s surveillance program, his act...
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Surveillance in our nation only increases as our technology advances. Complex algorithms analyze our behavior online, our shopping habits and our tastes. Phone companies sell our cellphone history and text message records to the National Security Agency and large private corporations. This ludicrously large breach of privacy was withheld from public knowledge for years. That is until 2013, when Edward Snowden leaked information about how the NSA was monitoring telephone records and text messages, as well as audio and video...
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Edward Snowden, born on June 21, 1983, is an American fugitive, former Central Intelligence Agency employee, and former contractor for the United States government who copied and leaked highly classified information from the National Security Agency in 2013. In high school in 1998, he caught glandular fever which caused him to miss 4 months of school, eventually he flunked out of high school, leading him to in roll in to Anne Arundel Community College. In 2001 his parents split up,...
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