Worthy read, Aljazeera-opinion piece on Edward Snowden

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3. OMG that's powerful. " Privacy is a kind of power as well as a right..."

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The goal of gathering all this metadata, Chris speculates , "is to be able to identify where the 'hubs' are, who the people are who sit at key points in networks, helping pass news and messages along, but especially, who the people are who spread ideas and information from one network of people to the next, who help connect small networks into larger ones, and thus facilitate the unpredictable and rapid spread of dissent when it appears."

Metadata can map the circulatory system of civil society, toward what ends you can certainly imagine. When governments fear their people you can be sure they are not serving their people. This has always been the minefield of patriotism: loyalty to our government often means hostility to our country and vice-versa. Edward Snowden, loyalist to country, you have made this clear as day.

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Will the sockpuppets even read it?