1 From: Boris Kraut <krt@nurfuerspam.de>
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2 Date: Wed, 25 Dec 2013 17:25:11 +0100
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4 Message-ID: <20131225172511.PVap2j@trauerweide>
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8 To: undisclosed-recipients: ;
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9 Subject: [.plan] Zitat des Tages
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10 Reply-To: Boris Kraut <krt@nurfuerspam.de>
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12 Edward Snowden - Alternative Christmas Message 2013:
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13 > Hi, and Merry Christmas. I'm honored to have the chance to
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14 > speak with you and your family this year.
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16 > Recently, we learned that our governments, working in concert,
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17 > have created a system of worldwide mass surveillance, watching
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20 > Great Britain's George Orwell warned us of the danger of this
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21 > kind of information. The types of collection in the book --
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22 > microphones and video cameras, TVs that watch us -- are nothing
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23 > compared to what we have available today. We have sensors in
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24 > our pockets that track us everywhere we go.
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26 > Think about what this means for the privacy of the average person.
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27 > A child born today will grow up with no conception of privacy at
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28 > all. They'll never know what it means to have a private moment to
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29 > themselves -- an unrecorded, unanalyzed thought. And that's a
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30 > problem, because privacy matters. Privacy is what allows us to
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31 > determine who we are and who we want to be.
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33 > The conversation occurring today will determine the amount of
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34 > trust we can place both in the technology that surrounds us and
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35 > the government that regulates it. Together, we can find a better
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36 > balance. End mass surveillance. And remind the government that
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37 > if it really wants to know how we feel, asking is always cheaper
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40 > For everyone out there listening, thank you, and Merry Christmas.
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43 [0] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjOACWG0oW8
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44 [1] http://www.slashgear.com/snowdens-alternative-christmas-message-why-privacy-matters-transcript-24310022/
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