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it_depends_man@lemmy.world ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

Worse, Snowden did leak an absurd amount of gov details and documents and info and it did nothing to stop what’s happening. People barely acknowledged it.

Maybe someone would martyr themselves. But doing it for nothing? Not appealing.

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birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
It did actually have some effect, though. The GDPR and countries reducing their dependence on the USA’s intelligence services are part of it.

I’m also reminded of the Panama Papers, which did make some bankers in Iceland step down.

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quick_snail@feddit.nl ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Dude, it changed a ton. Facebook was http only back then. Huuuuuge roll-out of encryption followed the Snowdon leaks.

It lead to massive increases in secured public infrastructure.

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