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Edward Snowden's story challenges our understanding of government secrecy and individual privacy by revealing the extent to which governments can and do monitor individual communications. Snowden, a former contractor for the U.S. National Security Agency, leaked classified documents in 2013 that revealed the existence of numerous global surveillance programs. Many of these programs were run by the NSA with the cooperation of telecommunication companies and European governments. This revelation challenged the notion of individual privacy and raised questions about the extent of government secrecy. It sparked a global debate about privacy, surveillance, and the balance between national security and individual rights.
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The move from North Carolina to Crofton, Maryland, was a social and economic step-up for the family. Snowden's father worked at the Aeronautical Engineering Department of the Coast Guard while his mother worked for the NSA. Their neighbors worked for the FBI, the Defense Department, and the Department of Commerce. The entire Beltway around Fort Meade was filled with families working with a branch or agency related to the government. It was at this time that Snowden got his first desktop computer with 8-bit color display and 200 MB of RAM. He would spend every possible minute he was allowed to on the computer. Snowden was 12 when the family got an Internet connection for the first time, thus opening an entire world of information and possibilities that occupied all his time. Whole nights would be spent on the Internet lost in endless learning about arcane topics and sleeping was reserved for the daytime. Snowden became paler and more sedentary and his grades fell. At a time when the Int...
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