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The Taliban retaking Afghanistan in a matter of weeks as September 11th nears is a tragic symbol of the last decades.
Our governments abandoned law to wage fruitless wars, sacrificed our most sacred rights—and trampled the memory of those they claimed to avenge. Was it worth it?
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Big: The @Apple #spyPhone scandal grows as its own employees begin to turn against its plan to force over one billion iPhones to begin scanning for digital contraband in iOS 15. Apple describes the new system as "expanding protections for children."
reuters.com/technology/exc…
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you remember when the science teacher terrified all the children by saying the sun will eat the earth and nothing will remain? yeah they forgot to tell you we can just pack up the whole planet and drive it down the road like a van.
galaxy brains right here: twitter.com/DavidSHolz/sta…
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When people are like "they gon microchip me to talk to the satellites," I'm like, my man: can you imagine how much people would pay for an unlimited-plan phone you never have to charge? And you think they're just gonna put it in you for free?
You don't even have insurance.
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Montesquieu on checks and balances, 1748: "When the legislative and executive powers are united in the same person, there can be no liberty."
American politicians, 2021: "Liberty is your check adding to my balance." twitter.com/dellcam/status…
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Papers writing on Assange should mention the core of the US's extradition case—a frail and deeply suspect "hacking" claim—collapsed in June when the US's prime witness recanted his testimony (stundin.is/grein/13627/). What remains are only "unlawful journalism" charges. twitter.com/khrafnsson/sta…
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The US Secretary of State really thought "Yes, this is the lecture I want to give the day before we demand Julian Assange be extradited and thrown in a dungeon for publishing evidence of our war crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan."
Can't wait to hear more on not jailing dissidents. twitter.com/StateDept/stat…
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Do not shut up about Apple's #spyPhone scandal. We can win this. twitter.com/matthew_d_gree…
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The world's foremost human rights organization, @amnesty, has issued an extremely strong statement denouncing the Biden administration's political persecution of Julian Assange -- which reignites tomorrow.
amnesty.org/en/latest/news…
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The last time China stamped an inappropriate demand for access, @Apple sold out their users out.
To quote them: “While we advocated against iCloud being subject to these laws, we were ultimately unsuccessful."
(LINK1: reuters.com/article/us-chi…
LINK2: nytimes.com/2021/05/17/tec…) twitter.com/sjmurdoch/stat…
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Apple's new iPhone contraband-scanning system is now a national security issue. They just openly admitted they have no answer for what to do when China comes knocking.
Hard to understate how disastrous this new system is for iPhone security. Tim Cook needs to intervene. twitter.com/josephfcox/sta…
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All the world’s a stage, but in this case it’s staged specifically for you—the audience who is also the star. edwardsnowden.substack.com/p/conspiracy-p…
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Among the “crimes” that Hale was convicted was exposing the secret watchlisting rulebook used to label people, including U.S. citizens, as “known or suspected terrorists” without evidence that they did anything wrong.
theintercept.com/2021/07/30/dan…
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It would be funny if it weren't so sad. He doesn't need ridicule—he needs help. twitter.com/cobie/status/1…
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Currently writing: Under His 'i'
If you own an iPhone, you should probably make sure you're on the mailing list at edwardsnowden.substack.com.
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Have to say I've been pretty impressed with the follow-up reporting on the #PegasusProject by @haaretzcom.
It's great to see somebody in Israel taking it seriously, even if the government isn't. The public shouldn't be locked out of an investigation that effects the whole world.
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The media is beginning to write with noticeably more skepticism about @Apple's plan to transform your iPhone into a spyPhone. Keep pushing! mediaite.com/news/edward-sn…
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Read this. "It is the endorsement by one of the largest industry players of the principle that ubiquitous spyware on consumer computing devices is normal and acceptable in free societies." twitter.com/normative/stat…
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Big print on Apple billboard vs. small print on Apple license:
"Apple reserves the right, at any time and from time to time, to update, revise, supplement, and otherwise modify this Agreement and to impose new or additional rules, policies, terms, or conditions on your use." twitter.com/matthew_d_gree…
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If you have a @github account, you can join me in co-signing the first letter uniting security & privacy experts, researchers, professors, policy advocates, and consumers against @Apple's planned moves against all of our privacy.
appleprivacyletter.com
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If you have a @github account, you can co-sign this letter for technologists and security experts opposing @Apple's plan. I did.
appleprivacyletter.com
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Unbelievable: @Apple now circulating a propaganda letter describing the internet-wide opposition to their decision to start checking the private files on every iPhone against a secret government blacklist as "the screeching voices of the minority."
This has become a scandal. twitter.com/kaepora/status…
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The true epiphany is that you’re the one pulling the strings: you have more agency than your push-notifications would have you believe. edwardsnowden.substack.com/p/conspiracy-p…
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