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I'm not American so my opinion won't matter. Yet, in my view Snowden actions have been extremely important to set the discussions we are having today: how priv
by 627467 6y ago
I'm not American so my opinion won't matter.
Yet, in my view Snowden actions have been extremely important to set the discussions we are having today: how private do we expect our digital lives to be be it from the state or from megacorps.
I doubt that Facebook/CA affair in 2016 elections would have come to light (or have the same impact) had Snowden leaks not had happened.
I doubt that Europeans would have stoped being 100% subservient to American tech megacorps had those leaks not had happened.
I think alot of people around the world started even considering the importance of who is watching or listening to their digital life because of Snowden. Or at least, because of the conversation that his leaks started.
He wasnt alone in leaking information important to these conversations, but he definitely has become an important advocate of his leaks and his own message.
- surround 6y agoA nice example is uBlock Origin, which was (probably) created as a result of the Snowden leaks. June 2013 - Snowden leaks NSA documents September 2013 - the first commit to the Script HQ extension is made (which soon became HTTP Switchboard, which later became uMatrix and uBlock) https://github.com/gorhill/httpswitchboard/commits/master?after=19d800213cafd4c20c2c3f2ab5201335ed0ac1b9+1385&branch=master https://github.com/gorhill/httpswitchboard/commits/master?af...
- bzb4 6y agoDo you have any actual proof other than the fact the script was created months after the leaks?
- surround 6y agoNo, unfortunately. But people weren’t nearly as concerned about online privacy before Snowden.
- compsciphd 6y agoad blocking existed long before uBlock. uBlock was notable as being a more efficient way of doing it, not a more effective way (i.e. its still using the same form of block lists)
- surround 6y agoYes, but HTTP Switchboard and uMatrix are more useful for privacy than for adblocking.