Carolina QuotesThe political argument that we get here all the time is if you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear.
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- Why Does Online Privacy Matter? NPR TED Radio Hour March 20, 2020
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“The political argument that we get here all the time is if y…” Edward Snowden. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-35721EF15C. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/35721ef15c
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My act of conscience began with a statement: "I don't want to live in a world where everything that I say, everything I do, everyone I talk to, every expression of creativity or love or friendship is recorded. That's not something I'm willing to support, it's not something I'm willing to build, and it's not something I'm willing to live under." Days later, I was told my government had made me stateless and wanted to imprison me. The price for my speech was my passport, but I would pay it again: I will not be the one to ignore criminality for the sake of political comfort. I would rather be without a state than without a voice... when all of us band together against injustices and in defense of privacy and basic human rights, we can defend ourselves from even the most powerful systems."
The surveillance of whole populations, rather than individuals, threatens to be the greatest human rights challenge of our time.
Privacy is not about something to hide. Privacy is about something to protect.