I was reading an article on the BBC about the latest on the Snowden Files when I came across an interesting viewpoint. As expected, the head of MI5 is bent because the Guardian newspaper will be publishing more about how little privacy one has in the digital age. I can understand that, it being his job and all. He is carrying the party line and his job will get understandably harder if the bad guys know what is and is not being tracked. The fact that poorly worded laws were used to justify the horrendous invasions of privacy of, well, everybody is a minor fact to him.
At the bottom of the article, a British politician is quoted, comparing the continuing leaks of the Snowden Files to what would have happened if the media published accounts about the Enigma work at Bletchley Park. Here we see the ignorance of politicians at its finest. You see, MP Mercer, the Enigma work was very specific, concentrating on the communications for Germany. In order to get those communications, the Allied forces did not head over to the roll top desk in my house (and everyone else's house) and check all of my personal mail to see if there were any coded ciphers in there. While I do give you credit for remembering that the Enigma existed, it is disappointing that you do not comprehend the difference between that and the abomination that Snowden provided details on. I do hope your voters know the difference and remember it when election day rolls around.
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