Reflection on Citizen Four

     After watching the citizen four documentary, I found what stuck out to me the most was actually a personal experience related to when Snowden initially released the information. My parents growing up always told me to be careful with what I do or say online. They were very cognizant of my online presence, ie what I was looking up and or who I was talking to. They had mentioned that nothing I do online is private, and that someone is basically always watching. What they meant in this case was more than likely they as parents knew everything I was doing. That comment always stuck with me for whatever reason. Fast forward to when I first remember Snowden being in the news, I remember thinking "oh, my parents were right". I also found it very interesting that someone blowing the whistle on surveillance in a free country has to hide. This to me is very counterintuitive, and is arguably worse than the surveillance itself.

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