I’ve been glued to the unfolding story that the NSA is unchecked data mining our Internet information. Since it is a confusing situation, I thought I’d collect some articles on the situation. I’m still processing it all and honestly couldn’t give you my thoughts on the situation.
Everything you need to know about the NSA’s phone records scandal – Good Q&A.
U.S., British intelligence mining data from nice U.S. Internet companies in broad secret program – The article which started it all.
The real story in the NSA scandal is the collapse of journalism – This is very interesting regarding the above.
Edward Snowden: the whistleblower behind the NSA surveillance revelations – Headline says it all.
The story is has reopened discussions on privacy verus security. And I hope that the discussions can be productive.
Let’s end this edition with something light-hearted. Who is a left-hander? Well, I’m one! Enjoy…
I haven’t yet formed an opinion on Mr. Snowden, though I am thankful for the information he has shared. I do not consider this “treason” in the manner of Bradley Manning, who knowingly put the lives of service personnel in theater at risk with his disclosures to WikiLeaks. At the same time, I haven’t been able to figure out if Snowden is truly being a virtuous person, or if he is a highly-intelligent opportunist, or a competing clash of both extremes. Still way too much unknown with everything here to form an opinion yet on how we should learn to understand the messenger.