Commentary On The Movie 'Citizen Four'

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Citizenfour: Citizen four is a movie that, it tells us a lot of truths of things that, we as people do not realize to simple sight, but it gives us a look more into to the world of the communication, in which Edward Snowden shows us the things NSA, CIA, GCHQ, cellphone companies, and government organizations do when we buy them a phone, things that we should be aware of when we choose a mobile operator, and what they really do when we aren’t using our phone.
What do I think of NSA, CIA and GCHQ policies of security?
First of all, in general all the policies of security are all right, because they stipulate all the ¨things¨ that we should know about what they do: when we look at our cellphones or make a call even answer a message. But it’s good to know that
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That’s why Snowden goes to Hong Kong to make all this because if he got caught, for the US would be more difficult know where he is, and from where he is making all this things, but essentially it would be more difficult to bring him back to …show more content…
Snowden is revealing all this information to everyone because it’s something that people should know, I could tell that more of the 96% of people don’t read the terms of privacy, or the contract when you buy a phone, and is something that affect us all, even Snowden, and as my personal opinion is something that we can’t stop because every time we say that we don’t want to be spy the would tell us like ¨alright we would not do it again¨ that’s a lie, they would do it

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