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Have you forgotten about the Snowden leaks exposing the surveillance on Americans by the American govt?
by mrb 3y ago
Have you forgotten about the Snowden leaks exposing the surveillance on Americans by the American govt?
- threeseed 3y agoEvery country spies on its own citizens. By comparison America is actually quite timid compared to other countries e.g. UK and the widespread CCTV network.
- bpye 3y agoI'd say that CCTV is quite different to wiretapping. You (generally) wouldn't have the expectation of privacy in a public place, most people would expect that phone calls, messages, etc do remain private. Now, GCHQ is no better than the NSA for that either, but I don't think CCTV is a good comparison.
- silpol 3y agoWhile his leaks expose surveillance, he was useful idiot https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Useful_idiot https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Useful_idiot in hands of Assange club. And it might be event of his saving was trigger for Putin to start war. So no, I'd better see whole camaraderie before court and sentenced. Regardless of 'heroism'. And yes, most of modern supporters of Wikileaks / Assange / Snowden / etc, chanting 'release Assange' and 'pardon Snowden' are useful idiots in hands of tyrannies like BRICS club.