Edward Snowden being interviewed by Jane Mayer at the MasterCard stage at SVA Theatre during The New Yorker Festival 2014 on October 11, 2014 in New York City.Getty Images <\/p>\n
Edward Snowdenhas claimed that if people care about their privacy, they should steer clear from Internet social media sites, like Facebook, Dropboxand Google. <\/p>\n
In a remote interview conducted yesterday, as part of the New York Festival, Snowden suggested some of his privacytips. <\/p>\n
American people don't have to know the name of every individual that's under investigation. We don't need to know the technical details of absolutely every program in the intelligence community. But we do have to know the bare and broad outlines of the powers our government is claiming ... and how they affect us and how they affect our relationships overseas. Because if we don't, we are no longer citizens, we no longer have leaders. We're subjects, and we have rulers. <\/p>\n
- Edward Snowden <\/p>\n
Snowdencalled for a reform of government policies and said people who take certain defined positions, where they, \"don't have anything to hide,\" are in fact, \"inverting the model of responsibility for how rights work.\" <\/p>\n
\"When you say, 'I have nothing to hide,' you're saying, 'I don't care about this right.' You're saying, 'I don't have this right, because I've got to the point where I have to justify it.' The way rights work is, the government has to justify its intrusion into your rights,\" said Snowden. <\/p>\n
Importance of Encryption <\/p>\n
Snowden advised individuals to guard their privacy by using encryptedtools and discontinue services that are \"hostile to privacy.\" <\/p>\n
He called for a boycott of Dropboxand suggested the use of alternatives, like SpiderOak. <\/p>\n
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