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Edward Snowden

American whistleblower and former NSA contractor

born 1983

3 quotes, most often on Freedom.

Privacy is not about something to hide. Privacy is about something to protect.
Why Does Online Privacy Matter? NPR TED Radio Hour March 20, 2020
- Freedom
The true measurement of a person’s worth isn’t what they say they believe in, but what they do in defense of those beliefs. If you’re not acting on your beliefs, then they probably aren’t real.
As quoted in Glenn Greenwald, No Place to Hide (Penguin, 2015 ed.), p. 45
- Character
Arguing that you don’t care about the right to privacy because you have nothing to hide is no different than saying you don’t care about free speech because you have nothing to say.
Reddit (May 21, 2015)
- Freedom

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