Edward Snowden

Born June 21, 1983

From Elizabeth City, North Carolina, United States · Nationality: United States, Russia

Quotes

“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.”
2015
“The true measurement of a person’s worth isn’t what they say they believe in, but what they do in defense of those beliefs. If you’re not acting on your beliefs, then they probably aren’t real.”
p. 45
“Privacy is the right to a free mind.”
2016
“If you ever wonder where we’re at on the dystopia scale, consider that it’s normal to believe the government is spying on you, and crazy to believe that they’re not.”
2020
“Privacy is not about something to hide. Privacy is about something to protect.”
Why Does Online Privacy Matter? NPR TED Radio Hour March 20, 2020

Books by Edward Snowden in order

Books by Edward Snowden in the order they were published, from Mémoires vives (2019) to Untitled Holt Nonfiction Winter 2021 (2021).

Glenn GreenwaldA journalist who received the NSA documents in 2013. His book No Place to Hide (2014) gives the reporting side of the same story.
Barton GellmanAnother journalist who reported on the Snowden documents. Readers interested in the investigative and legal side of surveillance may like his later book Dark Mirror (2020), which covers Snowden and related issues.
Bruce SchneierA security technologist. Data and Goliath (2015) discusses how mass data collection by governments and companies works and why it matters.
Julian AssangeA contemporary publisher of leaked government material. Readers may compare how leaks, journalism and state power are described in different accounts.
Chelsea ManningA U.S. army intelligence analyst who leaked documents to WikiLeaks in 2010. Her memoir, README.txt (2022), offers another account of whistleblowing and its consequences.