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Alternative Christmas Message - 4OD [UK]
- finnn 13y agoIt's not playing for me. Most news sites seem heavily dependant on loads of 3rd party javascript that gets blocked by Ghostery, so I loaded up an incognito window, same thing, just spins forever at the loading screen. EDIT: Found a mirror on a not-shit site http://vimeo.com/82666985 http://vimeo.com/82666985
- eliteraspberrie 13y agoThank you. I had the same problem. You can also get the video file using the youtube_dl script: youtube-dl 'http://vimeo.com/82666985'
- robgough 13y agoPerhaps it's worth updating the title to mention that this was delivered by Edward Snowden.
- ubercow13 13y agoSorry that is against the rules
- davej 13y agoTranscript: Hi, and Merry Christmas. I'm honored to have the chance to speak with you and your family this year. Recently, we learned that our governments, working in concert, have created a system of worldwide mass surveillance, watching everything we do. Great Britain's George Orwell warned us of the danger of this kind of information. The types of collection in the book -- microphones and video cameras, TVs that watch us -- are nothing compared to what we have available today. We have sensors in our pockets that track us everywhere we go. Think about what this means for the privacy of the average person. A child born today will grow up with no conception of privacy at all. They'll never know what it means to have a private moment to themselves -- an unrecorded, unanalyzed thought. And that's a problem, because privacy matters. Privacy is what allows us to determine who we are and who we want to be. The conversation occurring today will determine the amount of trust we can place both in the technology that surrounds us and the government that regulates it. Together, we can find a better balance. End mass surveillance. And remind the government that if it really wants to know how we feel, asking is always cheaper than spying. For everyone out there listening, thank you, and Merry Christmas.
- davej 13y ago> A child born today will grow up with no conception of privacy at all. They'll never know what it means to have a private moment to themselves -- an unrecorded, unanalyzed thought. This is hyperbole and also it's just not true in any real sense. We can still have private moments and we can certainly still have "unrecorded, unanalyzed thoughts". I really wish Snowden wouldn't overstate the current state of affairs, the facts alone are enough.
- Tepix 13y agoIf you consider that most teenagers carry around their smartphone with them all the time, those moments are no longer guaranteed to be private.
- tonylemesmer 13y agoWhat Snowden said still isn't true though is it? My kids have privacy.
- TehCorwiz 13y agoYou believe that you and your kids have privacy.
- middleclick 13y agoTrue. You can never say for sure if your kids have privacy or not. Most kids these days don't have any notion of what privacy is, given the kind of content they are sharing on Facebook and other social networking websites.
- summerdown2 13y agoI was with the In-Laws the other day, and overheard the following conversation between my Father-in-law and his son: Father: "Where were you the other night?" Son: "<name of street>" Father: "No you weren't. Don't forget you have a car tracker to give you cheaper insurance, which I'm paying for. That means I can log on any time I like and see exactly where you were."
- keeptrying 13y agoYeah I found the video shocking too ... Saying "Happy Christmas" is just wrong man!
- cmsd2 13y agoMaybe it is where you are, but here in the UK, saying Happy Holidays sounds really awful, and Happy (or Merry) Christmas is standard.
- keeptrying 13y agoLOL - can't believe this got down voted. Note to self: add the <sarcasm> tag next time :). Happy present day guys :) ...
- timpark 13y agoI press play and get "You are using 'incognito mode' in your browser. Please open a normal browser window to view 4oD". Amazing.
- frou_dh 13y agoDidn't get that far, because it insists on having Flash installed, even when spoofing User Agent as an iPad. >2014
- lazugod 13y agoWhoa. Why are they requiring that? Tell me this isn't the next trend.
- DanBC 13y ago4OD want to install some stuff for content management. Chrome needs he setting: Privacy [Content Settings] Protected Content Some content services use machine identifiers to uniquely identify you for the purposes of authorizing access to protected content. [x] Allow identifiers for protected content (computer restart may be required) turned on, if it isn't already.
- drcode 13y agoSnowden is so smart: He knows how to avoid media oversaturation. I bet every year now he'll put out nothing more than a couple 2 minute videos, and give one major nytimes interview. In this way, every word that he says will get a helluva lot of attention... even a decade from now.
- dmschulman 13y agoI know he has very few places to run to, but putting out a message about the dangerous overreach of state surveillance as he sits in Russia takes away some of the gusto for me.
- skinnycow 13y ago"very few places to run to" ...
- unfunco 13y agoIt's worth noting that this was broadcast at the same time as the traditional Christmas day speech pre-recorded and delivered by the Queen. Channel 4 has a history of doing things a little differently, and this certainly piqued my interests today.
- bazzargh 13y agoNo, the queen's speech was broadcast at 3pm (BBC1, ITV). Channel 4's alternative message was at 4.15pm. They have broadcast alternate messages at the same time before, like when the Simpsons did it - just not this year.