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NSA whistleblower records message from Russia, filmed by Laura Poitras, warning of the dangers of a loss of privacy.



This will piss off the Americans




Ch4HD just had to upset so many
typical of them.


[The short film was recorded for Channel 4,
which has 20-year history of providing
unusual but relevant figures as an alternative
to the Queen's Christmas message shown
by other UK broadcasters. It will be Snowden's
first television appearance since arriving in Moscow.
The address, to be broadcast at 4.15pm
on Christmas Day, was filmed in Russia – where
Snowden is living after being granted
temporary asylum – by Laura Poitras,
a film-maker who has closely collaborated
with him on the NSA stories.
In excerpts from the address released
by Channel 4, Snowden says
George Orwell "warned us of the
danger of this kind of information"
in his dystopian novel, 1984.
Snowden says: "The types of collection
in the book – microphones and
video cameras, TVs that watch us – are
nothing compared to what we have
available today. We have sensors
in our pockets that track us
everywhere we go. Think about
what this means for the privacy
of the average person.]


http://www.theguardian.com/world/201...as-day-message

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