cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/48428963

I personally do, he actually risked his life to release information about the government spying on people. And there are for sure more advanced ways now. Even your phone is listening.

  • themurphy@lemmy.ml
    20·
    2 hours ago

    Scary thing is he didnt really accomplish much with his sacrifies. NSA is much scarier today and things just goes on.

    • Voxel@feddit.org
      131·
      1 hour ago

      I don’t think so, while the impact wasn’t as great as he and other people wished, it nonetheless had a big impact, many people started to care, just because of what he exposed.

      • gog@lemmy.worldEnglish
        10·
        55 minutes ago

        If it weren’t for him the majority would’ve been still thinking gov spying on citizens is a conspiracy theory hhhhh

  • phexinator@lemmy.world
    1·
    6 minutes ago

    I don’t know… did he achieve anything lasting? Are we better off? Is he? He tried something, it didn’t work. I’m not convinced he did it out of the goodness of his heart amd I’m fairly certain he did not envision a life sucking off the Kremlin just to remain safe. Don’t get me wrong, this could and should have crippled our trust in all governments… but it didn’t.

  • instantregret@lemmy.world
    581·
    3 hours ago

    Of course. If you risk your life and freedom for the greater good on your own account you sure are a hero.