This editorial was written by Reading Eagle News Agency about the impact of WikiLeaks on America. It seems that the article was written in response to recent fears about the CIA spying on American citizens in their homes. These fears exploded recently when videos of people asking their home devices such as Google Home or Amazon Alexa if they were connected to the CIA, and the devices responded by shutting off. Since then, Americans have feared for their privacy. The writers discuss this fear of privacy and how WikiLeaks, to some extent, holds the answer.
The writer begins by stating that WikiLeaks has released over eight thousand documents and that not one hint the CIA is spying on American Citizens. Obviously, the writer implies that WikiLeaks not saying it means it isn’t happening. If the CIA were to be spying on American citizens, WikiLeaks would’ve said something about it. The author then argues that the CIA’s ability to spy on cell phones and computers is comforting. Knowing that the CIA can gather intelligence on potential dangers, even if the ability may be used on citizens, is favorable to the CIA lacking the ability altogether.
This particular editorial is somewhat incoherent. Firstly, the fears of the CIA hacking and spying on citizens are somewhat unfounded as proven hastily by the author of this piece). However, there are rising fears of corporate espionage against customers that are much more legitimate. Recently, Samsung issued a warning to its customers to not discuss personal matters near their Smart TV. Clearly, the microphone in the TV is permanently on, and Samsung records its customers in order to gain information. Google and Facebook are notorious for selling their customers privacies for their own profit. It would be simply too easy for these companies to be corrupted and for the last of our privacy to be sold for money.
http://www.readingeagle.com/news/article/editorial-wikileaks-does-americans-no-favors
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