[ChumpGPT]

Did you forget about Edward Snowden?

[anonym29]

The hero who revealed to the American public that their own government was secretly treating them like hostile foreigners and lying about it to our faces? And that everyone who collaborated to build the collection infrastructure violated the oath they swore to uphold the constitution, given that the mere collection itself was ruled unconstitutional by a federal judge?

That's not going rogue, that was the most heroic and patriotic thing anyone in his shoes could possibly do.

[ChumpGPT]

I could have told you everything Snowden told you back in 2001. It was no secret that every phone call and every txt along with all your mail was being scanned and archived.

Everything he revealed was already revealed years earlier, it's just no one really cared or was paying attention in 2000-2001.

[2OEH8eoCRo0]

Snowdon is a traitor and a coward. Where is he living these days?

[wyldfire]

Well, on one hand I'm surprised to see this take on HN. OTOH it's nice that it's not strictly a hive-mind.

[the-chitmonger]

There's nothing inherently negative about going rogue and hacking - I think few would deny that that's what Snowden did.

[9cb14c1ec0]

Maybe I read this story wrong, but I wouldn't put Snowden in the same crowd as this person. Much more of a criminal in this case versus a whistleblower.