Privacy, liberty & freedom

Ariel 2022-04-19 09:02:28

This is the first time I read this kind of rough doc. To be honest, it is a bit tedious. But it is precisely this rough feeling. Realism. The contrast with the ridiculous and unrealistic content is obvious.

The government is spying and invigilating me for all the time? Who am I like a nobody to be minored? Why government would put such an effort into a non productive work?

My intuitive feeling when I came out of the prism door was. Yes, in the era of information explosion, it is not difficult to master my personal information and my privacy. But for every ordinary person, the government does not need to make great efforts to build this big Database. So I always think these are fake. I miss the plot of the movie so much... So this doc will appear shocking. Because he tells you that the real world is really more exciting than the movie. NSA is really spying.

Edward Snowden is really handsome hahaha. He said this is not a self sacrifice, but he felt that he needed to stand up. He needs to tell everyone. In fact, we only saw what the doc said. Will there be other factors. We have no way of knowing. But NSA privacy violations are a fact.

Does Privacy involve Liberty, or even freedom? I think it does. But this is how it works. Individuals are willing to give out part of their rights to the Leviathan, to get the society functioning. The key is where this degree is . and whether all this info is used for the purpose of social functioning. And is it transparent enough for the government to do this.

It can still cause people to think. I suddenly remembered that I saw a newspaper last year criticizing us for establishing a credit system. It violated personal privacy. But didn't your NSA secretly do this behind your back?

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  • [FIRST TITLE CARDS]: My next film was about Guantanamo and the war on terror.

  • [FIRST TITLE CARDS]: This is the third part of a trilogy about America post 9/11.