977
Powerful: "For us to cede to governments and corporations the legal right to invade and take over our phones is to voluntarily submit ourselves to being violated." theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
978
I've said before that of all the journalists I worked with to break the mass surveillance story, none of them took operational security or source protection as seriously as Laura. I never once saw her cut a corner or break a rule. She was the only one who could make me feel lax.
980
They'll own everything, and be happy.
edwardsnowden.substack.com/p/cbdcs
981
With respect, the docs say the "sequencer nodes" save the hashes (identifiers) produced by scanning people's eyes to your database.
Apple does not, IIRC, catalog raw bio hashes—they're encrypted on-device (via enclave).
The result of Worldcoin's "Phase 1" is an eyeball catalog. twitter.com/sama/status/14…
982
Imagine having your columnist *murdered* and responding with a whispered appeal for the architects of that murder to fill out more paperwork next time. twitter.com/Snowden/status…
983
Government as the sole arbiter of truth. Coming soon, or already here? twitter.com/BigBrotherWatc…
985
"My experience is that as people get closer to the press, they often like it less." —@emilybell
She told me that over five years ago, and I haven't stopped thinking about it since. twitter.com/Olivianuzzi/st…
986
European lawmakers, data regulators, and privacy authorities must recognize that It is time to revise your approach to the internet giants, who have for the entirety of the post-2013 era actively, intentionally sabotaged the process of reform.
nytimes.com/2021/10/22/tec…
987
PBS tries like three different ways to get a soundbite out of @aiww to support the most oppressive US press-freedoms case in decades, and he is absolutely not having it.
You should read his new book, 1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows, which I reviewed here: edwardsnowden.substack.com/p/culturalrevo… twitter.com/FiringLineShow…
988
"The internet of things — our things — is coming alive around us, digitally frisking us as we walk by to see if we’re carrying anything of interest."
nytimes.com/2022/02/11/tec…
989
Here's a link to the full paper: aclu.org/report/aclu-wh… twitter.com/Snowden/status…
990
This is the most interesting mobile security project I've seen in a very long time, by one of technology's brightest minds. Keep an eye on it.
(Here's an academic paper we wrote together on hacking the iPhone—for which he did by far the hardest work: tjoe.org/pub/direct-rad… ) twitter.com/bunniestudios/…
991
The first authoritative, fairly even-handed account of how the press got played during the 2016 scandal season is well worth reading. There are a number of causal connections that were overlooked (or ignored) at the time, which seem clearer in hindsight.
cjr.org/special_report…
992
Set aside your feelings the example, for a moment. Can you imagine a US cabinet official nowadays going to jail for implementing a criminal policy? Secretary of State? Homeland Security? Attorney General?
Remember what happened when "we tortured some folks?" What would it take? twitter.com/alfonslopezten…
993
Wow, the Financial Times (@FT) has my memoir #PermanentRecord as a book of the year. Have you read it yet? What did you think? static.macmillan.com/static/holt/pe…
995
After a couple months of using it, I've got to say—I'm glad @SubstackInc exists.
It's hard to find a more thoughtful collection of writers and readers right now, and harder still to find a platform committed to freedom of speech.
Halcyon days.
996
The United States Department of Justice seems to be alleging this tweet was authored by a man who was holding three billion dollars in stolen bitcoin... in a cloud account. You know, that place trivially accessible to the US government.
(via @dystopiabreaker) twitter.com/unrealdutch/st…
997
@AngryCaliLib Petraeus literally traded his for sex.
998
@CNNPolitics This is not correct. See: twitter.com/Snowden/status…
999
@ACLU The Supreme Court once said, "It is difficult for the People to accept what they are prohibited from observing.”
That’s why I blew the whistle in the first place: the public has a right to know decisions that redefine the territory of their rights.
washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/…
1000
Within five minutes of posting this, I see agreements written in Spanish (Mexico), Italian, German, and French. Not a great sign. twitter.com/Snowden/status…
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