We need stories on Snowden because ultimately this story is not about Snowden but how the government deals with the privacy of individuals. We are at the inter

We need stories on Snowden because ultimately this story is not about Snowden but how the government deals with the privacy of individuals. We are at the intersection of privacy of individuals and technology. The internet made information abundantly available for anyone (including govt) to search. Our entire lives is being tracked and recorded permanently in history. The people ("big brother") that control this information can control our lives (we all have secrets and/or broke the law one way or another without knowing it). We as the tech community, we have a responsibility to protect the privacy and the rights of individual more than anyone else. Some of us on Hacker News build products that millions of people use. We need people that build these product bring awareness of privacy concerns to their companies. If we will not stand up for the privacy of individuals, who will? the Senators of our country? We need to make people more aware of privacy issues, not less.