I remember taking a cryptography course
Back in 2000
And the professor spoke of various
Algorithms used to scramble
Information and keep our data
Private
On the internet.
These algorithms
When utilized properly are
Considered
Unbreakable,
But can be
Circumnavigated
Using backdoors.
Years later
A computer analyst
Named Edward Snowden
Came forward with thousands
Of classified documents
About government
Surveillance.
We now realize
That all of our online activities
Are being monitored
And analyzed by
NSA Supercomputers.
Our privacy is
An illusion.
Its enough to make
The most sane
Person
Paranoid.
It ends up
That
They really are
Watching us
After all.