The article focuses on activists, hackers, and statesmen involved in internet security, surveillance, and leaking of information concerning U.S. surveillance in the 21st century. It comments on former contractor Edward Snowden who provided journalists with classified documents from the U.S National Security Agency (NSA) and fled the U.S. to Hong Kong, China in June of 2013 and then Russia where he sought asylum. It talks about U.S. General Keith Alexander, director of the NSA, and his concerns that the private sector can't protect itself from cyberattacks. It mentions Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff who has openly criticized the United States' surveillance of world leaders and other nations.