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"Without computers, spy agencies would have a much harder time snooping on data. Faced with that logic, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak said he feels \"a little guilty\" for in some way contributing to the NSA's broad access to data.\nIn an interview with CNN's Piers Morgan on Thursday night, \"Woz\" shared his thoughts on the recently revealed NSA surveillance programs. \nSEE ALSO: See How PRISM May Work \u2014 in This Infographic\n\nHe admitted to feeling bad for somehow contributing to the \"crime,\" as he called it, and said that computers were created to \"free the people up, give them instant communication anywhere in the world, any thought you could share it freely.\"\n\"That was going to overcome a lot of the government restrictions,\" he continued. \"We didn't realize that in the digital world, there are a lot of ways to use the digital technology to control us, to snoop on us. In the old days of mailing letters, you licked it, and when you got an envelope that was still sealed, nobody had seen it. You could have private communication. Now they say because it's e-mail, it cannot be private, anyone can listen.\"\nWozniak also acknowledged that he was fan of Edward Snowden, the former intelligence contractor behind the documents leaked to The Guardian and The Washington Post. \"I felt about Edward Snowden the same way I felt about Daniel Ellsberg,\" he said, referring to the famous whistleblower who leaked the Pentagon Papers and exposed the U.S. government's misrepresentation of the Vietnam War.  \nDo you agree with Wozniak? How do you feel about Edward Snowden? Share your thoughts in the comments below.\nImage via Hannes Magerstaedt/Getty Images for Best Brands"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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