In 2013, Edward Snowden came forward as the source of leaked classified National Security Agency documents proving the existence of programs designed to spy on the American (and international) public
The first unconstitutional and illegal surveillance program was known as Stellar Wind, which was basically a program to surveil all phone calls and internet communications, globally, ostensibly to look for people with links to al-Qaida
Your cellphone has now become an undercover surveillance device, tracking your every move, correspondence and online activity
Even if you have GPS turned off in your phone, as long as you’re connected to Wi-Fi, your exact location is still being identified and recorded, thanks to globally unique identifiers in Wi-Fi modems
What we need is the ability to make decisions about which apps and programs are able to communicate and when. This would return the ability to control one’s privacy
