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Privacy is mostly an illusion. A useful illusion, no question about it, one that allows us to live without being paralyzed by self-consciousness. The illusion of privacy gives us room to be fully human, sharing intimacies and risking mistakes. But all the while, the line between private and public space is as porous as tissue paper.

After the Paris attacks, the the mostly cooled down topic of privacy vs security has come back with a vengeance, with many of the presidential front runners taking stands. It discusses how encrypted services like Twitter can be used as communication methods between terrorists, and where many important figures in the surveillance game, including former CIA director, stand on it.

This article focuses on the national security agency's borderline illegal activity with several phone company's including AT&T. This had been taking place as early as 2005, and wasn't made apparent to the American people until 2013.

Newly released documents confirm what critics have long suspected-that the National Security Agency, a component of the Defense Department, is engaged in unconstitutional surveillance of Americans' communications, including their telephone calls and emails.

Edward Snowden was a former NSA worker who gathered information from millions of people through mass surveillance, He leaked information about why the government does certain things to "protect" American lives. The interview also goes further to explain how to help protect your privacy and some other insightful information.

it is necessary for our protection to share information with the government. The surveillance should be moderate and non-invasive.