Ed Snowden Says A “Very Very Dark Future” Is Not Inevitable

Ed Snowden Says A “Very Very Dark Future” Is Not Inevitable

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With all the news of leaks, national security, and hacking destabilizing the world, who better to talk to than Ed Snowden? Manoush sat down with him—via video chat —on stage in D.C. at the K(NO)W Identity conference this week. And they talked about all the obvious things: the NSA, the Microsoft ransomware, and privacy.

But they also got really Note-to-Selfy. Manoush and Ed talked about identity, and the self, and the “quantified spiderweb of all our worst decisions” that follows us online.

“Privacy isn’t about something to hide,” Snowden said. “Privacy is about something to protect. It’s about who you are, who you can be. It’s about the ability to make a mistake without having it follow you for the rest of your life.” 

A full transcript of their chat is here, if you want.