Glenn Greenwald: Why privacy matters

" he who does not move, does not notice his chains" a very powerful quote

Every time I watch Glenn Greenwald I learn something. I love this man.

Finally someone who could articulate what I have been thinking all this time. Bravo! I will use this talk as a response to anyone in the future who are in denial about this problem.

For all who value freedom, this is well worth your time to consume. Excellent work.

I've never had more of my opinions changed in 20 minutes.

Before watching the video, I was one of those people who felt that “only if you do bad acts do you need privacy”. However, after the multiple valid points the speaker has brought up, I can safely say that privacy is truly needed and that today’s society does lack the minimal amount of privacy that every human should be entitled to; I agree with the speaker. Every single person deserves to have a certain amount of privacy in their lives. As the speaker said, “all of us have things to hide”. These things need not be bad things. It could simply be things that we are not comfortable sharing with others. However, with the internet, nothing is private. Using certain tools, anybody can find out anything about anybody. As long as that person uses the internet in some way, he will have released some information about him. I feel that this is both good and bad. It is bad as it violates the basic amount of privacy one should have but at the same time it is good as it keeps ‘bad’ people in check. Thus, the status quo of privacy on the internet can and should be improved on. 200 words, Ahmad Uibaidillah, CMM/TB04

From beginning to end this was a FANTASTIC TED talk! Definitely stowing this one away in my favorites.

116 NSA workers thought this was troubling. Powerful hurrah at the end. What an intelligent man.

Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.

I've seen easily over 200 (or maybe more) ted talks, and although so many of them are so incredible and mind opening, this one honestly has to be my #1 favorite. I strongly hope that this becomes one of Ted talks most viewed videos, because it's a video I wish every American could see.

14:28 "... the measure of how free a society is is not how it treats its' good, obedient, compliant citizens, but how it treats its' dissidents and those who resist orthodoxy." What a strong, great quote. So true.

I want my privacy - at all costs.

More Powerful and Timely than EVER

that ending was GLORIOUS!

He sees you when you're sleeping, he knows when you're awake!

He's an absolute legend. We owe the government nothing. They owe us everything.

I wasn't expecting this, but this is one of the best talks on the topics i've seen so far!

I've been noticing lately that privacy is becoming cool again and it's refreshing to see. More and more people are getting aware of how important it is and why they should care.

I've been telling people similar things for years. I always get the "If the government wants to watch my boring life, then go ahead?" but what they don't realize is even the smallest amounts of information en mass can create things like extreme market advantage, or social engineering cues, and even more.

Thanks . I needed a way to articulate why this matters