Do you feel that the activities of the NSA violate your right to privacy?
promptReview the following. Pay particular attention to the last few minutes. Full Interview: Edward Snowden On Trump, Privacy, And Threats To Democracy | The 11th Hour | MSNBC (Links to an external site.)Discuss your thoughts about the pervasive, secret collection of bulk data by the U.S. government on American citizens, including where it might lead next. In doing so, consider the following questions:Are you comfortable with the U.S. government seizing and storing, basically forever, all of your phone records, texts, e-mails, internet searches, and social media posts, “just in case” they might want to look at them later?Do you believe that you have a reasonable expectation of privacy in your personal e-mails, texts, and internet browsing history? Do you feel that the activities of the NSA violate your right to privacy? If not, what, if anything, do you think the right to privacy still protects? Do you even really care about this stuff?Is it appropriate for the government to do this secretly and without the consent of the people?Where might all this “well intentioned” government action eventually lead?
