Mass surveillance

Edward Snowden Says Don't Fear Donald Trump -- Save Yourselves From Surveillance

Edward Snowden doesn’t appear as worried about the election of Donald Trump as half of America is. Speaking from Moscow today, in a live stream hosted by private browser maker StartPage, Snowden said that for those concerned about privacy, they should not worry too much about Trump, they are the ones who can make a change. In a remarkably optimistic speech, he said the focus of the global populace should be on providing worldwide protections from spies and that this was entirely possible.

“While I care what happens to me… this is not about me, it’s about us,” Snowden said. Noting that President Barack Obama said he would end mass surveillance, torture, extrajudicial killings, he failed to deliver. “We all put a lot of hope on him because of this,” Snowden said. “But unfortunately once he took that office he didn’t actually fulfil those promises.” Mass surveillance perpetuates, as does Guantanamo Bay.