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6 Jun, 2014

Eight ways to take back your online privacy — Sydney Morning Herald

A year ago, Edward Snowden’s leaks about the US mass surveillance program made headlines around the world.

Now he’s urging internet users to stop relying on governments to protect their rights online and claw back their privacy themselves.

“We’re past the point where citizens are entirely dependent on governments to defend our privacy, we don’t have to ask for our privacy, we can take it back,” said Mr Snowden, speaking via video link at the Personal Democracy Forum conference in New York.

Read the rest: Edward Snowden and Reset the Net: Eight ways to take back your online privacy.