Were you already familiar with what was disclosed in the leaked documents and accompanying reporting?
Would you agree that the programs revealed in them go far beyond the programs previous whistle-blowers revealed?
Did you know beforehand that completely innocent citizens of the world may be targeted for surveillance or their systems compromised because of the company they work for or because they use encryption and live in a particular country?
Do you realise that the details of many of your digital interactions are collected and recorded and could at any time be collated into dossier that would inform its readers of many details of your private life?
Maybe you were, wouldn't, did and do; maybe you personally don't have any reason to be thankful for this guy's actions, but many of us didn't have any idea of the extent to which our data is being collected or the ways in which it can be used against us.
Some of us are rightly thankful for being told what our governments should have had the decency to tell us.
Would you agree that the programs revealed in them go far beyond the programs previous whistle-blowers revealed?
Did you know beforehand that completely innocent citizens of the world may be targeted for surveillance or their systems compromised because of the company they work for or because they use encryption and live in a particular country?
Do you realise that the details of many of your digital interactions are collected and recorded and could at any time be collated into dossier that would inform its readers of many details of your private life?
Maybe you were, wouldn't, did and do; maybe you personally don't have any reason to be thankful for this guy's actions, but many of us didn't have any idea of the extent to which our data is being collected or the ways in which it can be used against us.
Some of us are rightly thankful for being told what our governments should have had the decency to tell us.