Global-wide surveillance activities

In June 2013, Edward Snowden blew the whistle on global-wide surveillance activities, thus  giving new meaning to the phrase: “Big Brother is watching you!” (from George Orwell’s 1984, published in 1949). If nothing else, this revelation, complete with substantial proof, confirmed some of the conspiracy theories regarding the ubiquitous presence of government in ordinary citizens’ lives. This CT turned out to be a conspiracy after all.