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    Aug 1

    I wrote a book.

    Edward Snowden - Permanent Record
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    19 hours ago

    « Le problème n'est pas la protection des données, mais la collecte de données » —

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    20 hours ago
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    If a candidate is not angry and unyielding I'm not voting for them.

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    imagine running for president right now and thinking "angry and unyielding" is unrelatable

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    Nov 5

    The interview with by is very good. Good insights, nice perspectives. And explains very vividly why he can not return to the US and "defend himself". Becouse be can't.

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    Nov 4

    It's easy to believe you're free when you never ask questions or speak out. Chelsea Manning asked questions & she's in prison. Julian Assange spoke out & he's in prison. Edward Snowden spoke out & they're trying to imprison him.

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    Nov 4

    Muy de acuerdo con , que ha hecho una linda descripción de mi infancia. Todo se lo debo a mis padres y a

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    Nov 5

    "It's one of the great chastening facts of working with systems that the part of a system that malfunctions is almost never the part in which you notice the malfunction." —

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    Nov 4

    Those of y’all here at who just heard Ed Snowden talks about data protection vs collection might be interested in my piece on the US backstory—>

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    Nov 5

    In the early aughts, the internet offered a more complete incarnation of American ideals than America itself, writes . In the hands of the government, it went awry.

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  11. Nov 5

    The argues the whistleblower problem is bigger than Trump, and they're right: Americans today must rely upon a broken system.

    The president’s attacks fit a broader, bipartisan government playbook to delegitimize and intimidate whistleblowers and those who expose government wrongdoing. Congress must strengthen whistleblower protections.
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    Nov 5

    "I ended my time in intelligence convinced that my country's operating system—its government—had decided that it functioned best when broken." Read an excerpt from 's memoir at right now.

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  13. Nov 4

    CTO of , the world's largest internet exchange point (IXPs are the crossroads of the global network):

    Showing that the IC in the US+EU implemented unlawful mass surveillance is a heroic act by . This spawned long needed discussions also in Germany. Why can we not offer him a safe place to live ( / )?
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    Nov 4

    My writeup of 's talk at just now — "We have legalised the abuse of the person through the personal. We have entrenched a system that makes the population vulnerable for the benefit of the privileged."

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    Nov 4

    Awesome writing on the new book discussing Malcom Gladwell's 2016 New Yorker piece comparing him to Daniel Ellsberg. A must read: Snowden in the Labyrinth via

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    Nov 4

    Words for the age from at : “Everything always leaks”.

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    Nov 4

    Great to see so much hype and welcome at the . Pity it has to be by video conference. Host country Gov should offer to host him in .

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    Nov 4

    “It is not data that is being exploited; it is people!” - Edward – at Altice Arena

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    Nov 4

    Edward Snowden: “Não são os dados que são manipulados, são as pessoas”

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    Nov 4

    What are you reading? I’m into this by

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    Nov 4

    Privacidade. "O modelo de negócio é o abuso", diz Snowden

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