Edward Snowden (2020) - Espionage, Privacy and Power
This recap episode highlights Edward Snowden's perspective on the ruling that deemed the NSA's bulk collection of US phone records illegal, seven years after he exposed the programme. Snowden argues that this mass surveillance, enabled by laws like the Patriot Act, is a significant violation of privacy that failed to prevent terrorist attacks and creates a dangerous precedent for government overreach. He also discusses end-to-end encryption as a necessary defence against surveillance, legislative attempts to undermine it under the guise of protecting children, and the problematic use of…
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