Edward Snowden

Edward Snowden is viewed by many tech literate people as their savior

Edward Snowden, also known as TheTrueHOOAH, Edowaado, and Phish, is a former employee of the NSA and whistleblower. In 2011, Snowden released sensitive documents regarding PRISM, XKeyscore, Tempora, and other NSA operations. The NSA and media outlets have called Snowden a traitor, while other sources have called him a hero. Snowden's leaks are likely one of the defining events of the decade for the internet. Citizenfour is the name of a documentary about Mr. Snowden, filmed by Laura Poitras. You can find it here, for free.

Early Life

Ed Snowden's album Gold Plated Ex. from Pimpdaddy Records (source)

Blue on the Outside

Edward Snowden's avatar circa 2003

As early as 2003, he was one of us, lying about his age and shitposting on otaku web forums. Evidence of this can be found here, here, and especially here. He even attended Otaku festivals full of weeb shit! Edward Snowden attended a Otakucon. ZOMG!

Quotes

• "Would a gay man know that much about buying chemicals?" source
• "The NSA has built an infrastructure that allows it to intercept almost everything. With this capability, the vast majority of human communications are automatically ingested without targeting. If I wanted to see your emails or your wife's phone, all I have to do is use intercepts. I can get your emails, passwords, phone records, credit cards. I don't want to live in a society that does these sort of things... I do not want to live in a world where everything I do and say is recorded. That is not something I am willing to support or live under." source
• "[...]Arguing that you don't care about the right to privacy because you have nothing to hide is no different than saying you don't care about free speech because you have nothing to say." Source
• "WTF NYTIMES [...] Are they TRYING to start a war? [...] They're reporting classified shit [...] about an unpopular country surrounded by enemies already engaged in a war and about our interactions with said country regarding planning sovereignity violations of another country[!] [...] moreover, who the fuck are the anonymous sources telling them this? [...] those people should be shot in the balls." Source