What happened after Snowden's release?

Succumb to Surveillance?

Private conversations are important to people, especially millennials. However, you don’t have to worry, the government is monitoring your texts, and conversations, and everything you do. So nothing you do is with electronics is private, no, not even private browsing. It can be misleading, but don’t let it mislead you. When you’re texting your friend, or organizing a bank robbery the government sees that, just saying. After Snowden released the documents to the media, people became more aware, not only of what they can monitor on your phone, but of what the government is actually capable of doing. The US was formed and based on the ideas of John Locke about how the people are in charge of the government, however, people thought it seemed like the government was leaning more towards the Thomas Hobbes ideology that the government is in charge. People also started to question the government and if they are really doing it to protect us, or to protect them.

So as it seems, Snowden did a lot more than he expected. He anticipated that his release would change the US government, which it did, however, it also changed the world. Germany and other countries cut ties with companies that were assisting the US in secret surveillance. So Edward Snowden did change a lot in the lives of the people. Because of his actions, we had the United States Senate pass a bill and signed by the president to limit government surveillance. How much did the act really limit though? The government still has access to conduct surveillance on the American people, they just have limited use of it in court. So as it stands, I wouldn't get too comfortable after hearing about our project... because the government is still watching you. It almost seems like they'll always be watching you. The government should look for key search terms in what citizens are doing, because if they didn't, there would be a lot more domestic terrorism than there currently is. Do they really need to know what we do all day though?