Snowden Labels UFO Craze a Distraction
“Austin also said the three objects were different from the Chinese ‘spy balloon’ the US shot down over South Carolina last week.” via RT image: © AP / Armando Franca Talk of aliens is intended to misdirect from real scandals, the NSA whistleblower says. The media frenzy over “spy balloons” and unidentified flying objects over North America is sadly not … Continue reading
After Edward Snowden Warning Phone Companies Have Now Introduced Non-Removable Batteries, WHY?
In 2014 US whistleblower Edward Snowden revealed the National Security Agency and GCHQ could turn on smartphones remotely, even when they were switched off. Now, three years later, several smartphone manufacturers have started introducing non-removable batteries. Is it a coincidence? In June 2013, Snowden revealed the NSA was collecting the phone records of millions of Verizon customers in the US … Continue reading
What You Need to Know about WikiLeaks’ (Vault 7) Release of Alleged CIA Documents
Amid a flurry of headlines about health care and wiretapping on Tuesday, WikiLeaks released nearly 9,000 documents that it claims describe hacking tools used by the CIA. The documentation, much of it technical in nature, describes tools that can be used to break into various desktop and mobile operating systems, as well as routers and smart TVs. The documents’ authenticity … Continue reading
Snowden: Trump Presidency May Mean More US Government Spying on Americans
On Monday, whistleblower Edward Snowden warned that the election of Donald Trump to the White House could further erode citizen privacy and civil liberties. “We are starting to substitute open government for sheer authoritarianism, a government based not upon the principle of informed consent granted by people who understand its activities but rather a trust in personalities, a trust in … Continue reading
Edward Snowden Tweets Cryptic Code: Was it a Dead Man’s Switch?
After posting a 64 character hex code that is believed to be an encryption key, the internet worries that the famed whistleblower may have been killed or captured resulting in the triggering of a dead man’s switch and potentially the release of many more US national secrets. On Friday night, famed NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden tweeted out a 64 character … Continue reading
Edward Snowden’s New Research Aims to Keep Smartphones From Betraying Their Owners
IN EARLY 2012, Marie Colvin, an acclaimed international journalist from New York, entered the besieged city of Homs, Syria, while reporting for London’s Sunday Times. She wrote of a difficult journey involving “a smugglers’ route, which I promised not to reveal, climbing over walls in the dark and slipping into muddy trenches.” Despite the covert approach, Syrian forces still managed … Continue reading
Snowden Debates CNN’s Fareed Zakaria on Encryption
By Jenna McLaughlin, TheIntercept.com NSA WHISTLEBLOWER AND PRIVACY ADVOCATEEdward Snowden took part in his first public debate on encryption on Tuesday night, facing off against CNN’s Fareed Zakaria, a journalist and author known for his coverage of international affairs. Zakaria, in New York, defended the government’s right to access any and all encrypted messages and devices as long as there’s … Continue reading
