Snowden

Yasha Levine: Surveillance Valley. The Secret Military History of the Internet

SURVEILLANCE: State surveillance would not have been possible without the services of Silicon Valley's technology companies. For example, Google in Surveillance Valley is described as "a full-fledged military contractor, who sold versions of the company's consumer data and analytics technology to police departments, city councils, and major U.S. intelligence and military organizations."

Geoffroy de Lagasnerie: The Art of Revolt. Snowden, Assange, Manning

: Snowden, Assange and Manning represent a whole new way of resisting. The Art of Revolt is as radical and original in its thinking as the three whistleblowers mentioned are in their resistance work.

: The technology that is needed to ensure that absolutely everything we do is observed already exists. That scares Snowden's lawyer Ben Wizner.

: I'm waiting for Edward Snowden. But he's not coming.

"I want you to know that I'll never commit suicide." The Snowden quote says a lot about the precarious existence of those who dare to challenge the power of the surveillance state. 

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