US whistleblower Edward Snowden has warned about the global threat to privacy when he delivered the Channel 4 Alternative Christmas Message - his first recorded TV interview since he was given asylum in Russia.
US whistleblower Edward Snowden has issued a warning about the threat to privacy in Channel 4's Alternative Christmas Message.
Snowden, who leaked documents that revealed the extent of surveillance by the National Security Agency and Britain's GCHQ, said: "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."
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