This weeks post continues on the N.S.A. and all of the digital surveillance. This time the controversy is over the NSA and the surveillance of data overseas. This is according to the documents leaked by Snowden that the government is able to look at things over google fiber and yahoo's browsers from overseas. This is possible if the wires that go through the ocean are tapped and are accessed from an outside source. The fact that the government is able to do this is strange because it isnt just dealing with what is a domestic thing. This is just happening outside of the borders of the United States which is crazy because the government is dealing with data that isnt even inside the United States. Personally I dont believe that this data should not be collected because it is not on domestic soil and is outside the country, where we shouldnt even be monitoring the data. I believe if there is any data collecting it shouldnt be outside of our country. This goes back to the idea though that there should not be any spying on the personal data of a person, because we are entitled to our privacy.
The article that I used is: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/31/technology/nsa-is-mining-google-and-yahoo-abroad.html?_r=0
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