From: Boris Kraut <krt@nurfuerspam.de>
Date: Wed, 25 Dec 2013 17:25:11 +0100
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Reply-To: Boris Kraut <krt@nurfuerspam.de>

Edward Snowden - Alternative Christmas Message 2013:
> Hi, and Merry Christmas. I'm honored to have the chance to
> speak with you and your family this year.
> 
> Recently, we learned that our governments, working in concert,
> have created a system of worldwide mass surveillance, watching
> everything we do.
> 
> Great Britain's George Orwell warned us of the danger of this
> kind of information. The types of collection in the book --
> microphones and video cameras, TVs that watch us -- are nothing
> compared to what we have available today. We have sensors in
> our pockets that track us everywhere we go.
> 
> Think about what this means for the privacy of the average person.
> A child born today will grow up with no conception of privacy at
> all. They'll never know what it means to have a private moment to
> themselves -- an unrecorded, unanalyzed thought. And that's a
> problem, because privacy matters. Privacy is what allows us to
> determine who we are and who we want to be.
> 
> The conversation occurring today will determine the amount of
> trust we can place both in the technology that surrounds us and
> the government that regulates it. Together, we can find a better
> balance. End mass surveillance. And remind the government that
> if it really wants to know how we feel, asking is always cheaper
> than spying.
> 
> For everyone out there listening, thank you, and Merry Christmas.


[0] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjOACWG0oW8
[1] http://www.slashgear.com/snowdens-alternative-christmas-message-why-privacy-matters-transcript-24310022/