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Edward Snowden: 'The People Are Still Powerless, But Now They're Aware' (theguardian.com)
Edward Snowden has no regrets
five years on from leaking the biggest cache of top-secret documents in history. He is wanted by the US. He is in exile in Russia. But he is satisfied with the way his revelations of mass surveillance have rocked governments, intelligence agencies and major internet companies. From a report Snowden, weighing up the changes, said some privacy campaigners had expressed disappointment with how things have developed, but he did not share it. "People say nothing has changed: that there is still mass surveillance. That is not how you measure change. Look back before 2013 and look at what has happened since. Everything changed."
The most important change, he said, was public awareness. "The government and corporate sector preyed on our ignorance. But now we know. People are aware now. People are still powerless to stop it but we are trying. The revelations made the fight more even."
The most important change, he said, was public awareness. "The government and corporate sector preyed on our ignorance. But now we know. People are aware now. People are still powerless to stop it but we are trying. The revelations made the fight more even."
Narrator: "Unable to bare the thought of his fellow Americans being spied on by their government, our hero releases the top secret documents and flees to... *pauses... squints at script...* Russia."
Snowden gave up everything for a bunch of morons that for the most part don't give a shit. They deserve whatever comes next.
"Privacy is Treason." Straight out of 1984 right there.
Sorry, but nothing has really changed. In fact it's probably worse now.
Users used to be unaware, and they didn't give a shit about security or privacy. Now they're fully aware, and they STILL don't give a shit about security or privacy. It's willful ignorance.
And what people are truly powerless over, are their own internet addictions and peer pressure. It's FAR more important to overshare and generally be the internet narcissist society expects you to be than it is to recognize and respect any risk involved with that activity.
Did I miss something?
Trump Jr's treason-meeting at was explicityly to collude with the Russian government's attacks on our country.
Donald Trump's campaign manager is under house arrest likely headed to prison for witness tampering during his house arrest.
You can pretend not to notice the mountains of evidence of treason laid out before us, but Donald Trump's campaign manager is wearing an ankle bracelet and will soon be wearing a jumpsuit in prison.
You Sir, are a frog on the boil.
Vault 7, learn what it is. "Weeping Angel" in particular turned smart tvs into spy tvs.
When it comes to domestic spying, being a "tinfoil hat wearing conspiracy nut" just means you're paying attention.
AC may be paranoid but that doesn't make AC necessarily wrong. Most TV's can spy on you. Your smart phone most certainly can spy on you. All those voice assistants are of course listening. We have seen different articles over the past months and years that show just that happening.
Unless you give up modern life, you are going to be spied on. Maybe if you move to a less technical part of the world and give up all your fancy computer tech, you may gain back privacy.
Is privacy really worth giving up that much? I may hate that the 4th is dead in all but name, but I'm not going to go live in a cave in Afghanistan just to say I have privacy. Likely that wouldn't even be true. Probably satellites watching the entire country anyway.
"An individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for law." - Martin Luther King Jr.