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I hope Edward Snowden sees this. He and Glenn Greenwald should be proud.

The economics of surveillance have now changed because it comes with reputation effects on US based companies.

Yes and these ass holes will keep lying their teeth out and now no one will believe them.

That's a massive load of shit, the 'economics of surveillance' is a drop in a very large bucket.

Most people don't give a shit about surveillance and half the people that do care think it's great.

This blog post is damage control to avoid getting banned across the world since it's become painfully clear that Facebook is inseparable from the US Government.

Most people don't give a shit because it does not effect them. If we can show them that it does effect them, their opinions will change. And it does effect everyone, because if you have to worry about explaining what you say to other people or face consequences then freedom of speech and freedom of conscience is effectively dead.

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