SOC448H5 Study Guide - Final Guide: United States Senate Select Committee On Intelligence, Edward Snowden, September 11 Attacks
Document Summary
Edward snowden (2014) here"s how we take back the internet ted. -- about human rights, being a true citizen: ed snowden, currently exiled to russia for releasing many documents showing evidence of. Nsa spying on citizens and foreign governments, appears by webcam robot to discuss his decisions to release the documents. As a sysadmin in hawaii, he was uncomfortable with the sort of data he discovered, which was being taken in secret without oversight. He released this data to journalists to encourage the freedom of the press to analyse and release it responsibly. The nsa says most of the things held are metadata", however prism program includes true content as well. America resisted handing over the content, they were taken to a secret court without oversight or coverage. Most of the main tech giants have given data to prism via warrants, but ed also accuses the nsa of hacking" into google"s internal servers to intercept data.
