Edward Snowden addressed the SXSW audience on issues of privacy and security on the net. Here’s some of the response on #SXSnowden
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The SXSW Conference site had this to say about Snowden’s appearance via video feed from Russia where he has temporary asylum for a year.
Our communications are not secure. Our telephone calls, emails, texts, and web browsing activity are largely transmitted without any encryption, making it easy for governments to intercept them, in bulk. Likewise, the mobile devices, apps, and web browsers that we use do not protect our data. In many cases, they intentionally give it to third party companies as part of the sprawling online advertising ecosystem. This only makes the NSA’s task easier.
Join us for a conversation between Edward Snowden and Christopher Soghoian, the American Civil Liberties Union’s principal technologist, focused on the impact of the NSA’s spying efforts on the technology community, and the ways in which technology can help to protect us from mass surveillance. The conversation will be moderated by Ben Wizner, who is director of the ACLU’s Speech, Privacy & Technology Project and Edward Snowden’s legal advisor.
Just as technology has enabled our modern surveillance state, so too can technology protect us. But regular users cannot make privacy-preserving tools themselves. The technology industry and the tech community can and must do more to secure the private data of the billions of people who rely on the tools and services that we build.
Don’t like ads? Become a supporter and enjoy The Good Men Project ad freeEdward Snowden’s revelations have launched a historic debate about surveillance practices and democratic controls, in which all three branches of government are actively and publicly engaging. But the technology community has too often been left out of the debate. It’s time to fix that.
Comments on Snowden’s appearance were tweeted under the #SXSnowden hashtag.
Do you #StandwithSnowden against #NSA surveillance? Join 40,000+ who already do: http://t.co/SnpTqVpyTW #SXSnowden
— ACLU Action (@ACLU_Action) March 7, 2014
Kudos to @TexasTribune for streaming the Edward Snowden @livestream to over 21,000 people http://t.co/ZaPvuM89r1 #SXSnowden #SXSW
— Jeremy (@jeremywaite) March 10, 2014
Edward Snowden Was Late. He Was Helping His Boss Vladimir Putin Plant Land Mines In Crimea. #SXSnowden #PutinsDog #FreeUkraine
— ElmObamaCarez (@lordxmen2k) March 10, 2014
Snowden: ‘would I do this again? The answer is absolutely yes.’ #SXSnowden
— HuffPost Media (@HuffPostMedia) March 10, 2014
We as a tech community desperately need to make encryption tools with better systems design and UX. Glad to hear support from #SXSnowden.
— elizabeth stark (@starkness) March 10, 2014
#Snowden: We can have better civic interaction when we know what’s being done in our name. regardless of what happens to me. #SXSnowden
— ACLU National (@ACLU) March 10, 2014
Snowden concludes to applause by saying he took an oath and felt obligated to report violations of the Constitution. #sxsnowden #sxsw
— Omar L. Gallaga (@omarg) March 10, 2014
Snowden: “I took an oath to protect and defend the constitution, and I saw that constitution being violated on a massive scale” #SXSnowden
— GuardianUS (@GuardianUS) March 10, 2014
“…every country has something to lose. If we don’t resolve these issues every other govt will accept that as the greenlight…” #SXSnowden
— VANITY FAIR (@VanityFair) March 10, 2014
I can’t stress how nb Snowden has been for African countries. We’re being recolonised by US software, and don’t even know it. #sxsnowden
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— Chris Roper (@ChrisRoper) March 10, 2014
“I want the next WhatsApp or Twitter to use encryption tools” – @csoghoian #SXSnowden
— Christina Warren (@film_girl) March 10, 2014
Edward Snowden tells SXSW: the NSA is “setting fire to the Internet and you guys are all firefighters… Save it.” #SXSnowden
— HUCK (@HUCKmagazine) March 10, 2014
“Irony that we are using Google Hangouts to talk to Snowden is not lost on me or on our team.” — @csoghoian #asksnowden #SXSnowden
— Kashmir Hill (@kashhill) March 10, 2014
These companies *google* don’t want end to end encryption because the ruins their business model #SXSnowden
— Ben Valentine (@Bennnyv) March 10, 2014
Edward Snowden is appearing in front of a U.S. Constitution green screen at SXSW #SXSnowden pic.twitter.com/0yp1z4lG3M
— MashableLIVE (@MashableLive) March 10, 2014
Snowden agrees: “The primary challenge for mass surveillance is not just collection but processing…” #sxsw #SXSnowden
— Alistair Fairweather (@afairweather) March 10, 2014
In the tech community, security is at best, an afterthought. Most services are not secure by default #sxsnowden #sxsw
— Zoë Lazarus (@zoelazarus) March 10, 2014
Snowden says it’s up to the digital minds and innovators to define our data policies, not the governments #SXSnowden #SXSW
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— Deloitte Digital AU (@DeloitteDIGI_AU) March 10, 2014
#AskSnowden Are there documents that detail programs that target specific political activists or groups? #SXsnowden
— John Anderson (@John_J_Anderson) March 10, 2014
Snowden sounds incredibly calm and upbeat considering his situation. He obviously really cares about his cause. #sxsw #SXSnowden
— Alistair Fairweather (@afairweather) March 10, 2014
Live: Snowden SXSW Talk a ‘Call to Arms’ to Tech World http://t.co/oHFnJqdPOs #SXSnowden
— Common Dreams (@commondreams) March 10, 2014
frustrated with the poor audio quality of Snowden’s streamed comments at #SXSW then here’s the transcript http://t.co/KGOEcD1gvL #SXSnowden
— James Turner (@jturner_ibrs) March 11, 2014