I personally do, he actually risked his life to release information about the government spying on people. And there are for sure more advanced ways now. Even your phone is listening.

    • TWeaK@lemmy.today
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      9 hours ago

      I mean he did coin/popularise the phrase “Saying you don’t care about privacy because you have nothing to hide is like saying you don’t care about free speech because you have nothing to say.”

      • garbage_world
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        8 hours ago

        I hate this phrase. I mean, it ain’t false, but this argument has the same logic as if I would say: “Saying grass is green is like saying sky is blue”.

        This phrase cleaverly relates 2 unrealted things to manipulate the recipient.

        • TWeaK@lemmy.today
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          3 hours ago

          The clever part is drawing the parallel between two unrelated things, to draw on the recipient’s emotions about one of them and entice them to compare why they feel differently about the other.

          Somewhat manipulative, perhaps, but only in the way that explaining things manipulates someone into understanding.