fredlaso Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 15 hours ago According to Edward Snowden, people who care about their privacy should stay away from popular consumer Internet services like Dropbox, Facebook, and Google. Snowden conducted a remote interview today as part of the New Yorker Festival, where he was asked a couple of variants on the question of what we can do to protect our privacy. His first answer called for a reform of government policies. Some people take the position that they dont have anything to hide, but he argued that when you say that, Youre inverting the model of responsibility for how rights work: When you say, I have nothing to hide, youre saying, I dont care about this right. Youre saying, I dont have this right, because Ive got to the point where I have to justify it. The way rights work is, the government has to justify its intrusion into your rights. He added that on an individual level, people should seek out encrypted tools and stop using services that are hostile to privacy. For one thing, he said you should get rid of Dropbox, because it doesnt support encryption, and you should consider alternatives like SpiderOak. (Snowden made similar comments over the summer, with Dropbox responding that protecting users information is a top priority.) http://techcrunch.com/2014/10/11/edward-snowden-new-yorker-festival/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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