See the Q&A for Edward Snowden, The NSA Leaker

[Cobalt]

That's right, the event happened this exact day but a few hours earlier, nevertheless, you can still see the entire question and answer sesion from this link, and here is one of those mentioned questions:

 

 

 

Question:

Mathius1

17 June 2013 2:54pm

Is encrypting my email any good at defeating the NSA survelielance? Id my data protected by standard encryption?

Answer:

Encryption works. Properly implemented strong crypto systems are one of the few things that you can rely on. Unfortunately, endpoint security is so terrifically weak that NSA can frequently find ways around it. 

 

[TheGreatSkott]

Question:

So far are things going the way you thought they would regarding a public debate? – tikkamasala

Answer:

 

Initially I was very encouraged. Unfortunately, the mainstream media now seems far more interested in what I said when I was 17 or what my girlfriend looks like rather than, say, the largest program of suspicionless surveillance in human history.

 

 

This demonstrates what i hate most about our media and our short attention span.