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Snowden Demystified: Can the Government See My Junk?

Posted by timothy on from the aside-from-the-hidden-cameras dept.

An anonymous reader writes Comedian and journalist John Oliver set out to understand US Government surveillance in advance of the June 2015 expiration of section 215 of the Patriot Act. What resulted was a humorous but exceptionally journalistic interview of Edward Snowden which distilled the issues down in a (NSFW) way everyone can understand. Regardless of whether you view Snowden as a despicable traitor or an honorable whistleblower, it's worth a watch.

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  1. Delegation does not remove responsibility by perpenso · · Score: 1, Troll

    No. Delegation of your work does not relieve you of responsibility. If Snowden delegates to journalists the screening of releases for info that will aid the enemy (say al-Queda) and they fail, as Oliver also points out they in fact did, then Snowden bears some responsibility too. He decided to make the info public. He chose who to release it and trust with such screening. Similar story if the message is not effectively communicated. Contrary to popular myth, geeks can effectively communicate with non-geeks. It just takes a lot of work and effort. Most geeks merely choose not to make the effort.