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The Gateway Online
April 9, 2018
Edward Snowden, the former National Security Agency employee turned whistleblower, gave a keynote address to the University of Alberta on March 27. Snowden was live-streamed in on March 27 from Moscow, Russia, where he fled after being charged with espionage and theft of government property inÃâà...
GlobalCoinReport
April 4, 2018
As ZCash is waiting for its hard fork that is announced to take place in June 2018, Edward Snowden had a couple of words to share about what he thinks of ZCash and its technology, value, and potential. As ZCash is slowly being recovered from the latest market dip, many enthusiasts are interested inÃâà...
Investopedia (blog)
March 26, 2018
In a wide-ranging interview that covered privacy and cryptocurrencies, noted NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden endorsed the privacy-focused coin Zcash. “Zcash for me is the most interesting right now, because the privacy properties of it are truly unique, but we see more and more projects that areÃâà...
CCN
March 22, 2018
NSA whistleblower and privacy advocate Edward Snowden said that he believes Bitcoin will eventually be supplanted by another cryptocurrency that does not utilize a public ledger. Snowden, who made this statement earlier this month at a Blockstack event in Berlin, said that he believes Bitcoin's chiefÃâà...
CoinDesk
March 22, 2018
Edward Snowden, who became notorious for exposing the U.S. National Security Agency's (NSA) massive surveillance agenda in 2013, has said bitcoin's central flaw may not lie in its transaction rate limitations, but in its public ledger. Speaking to the audience via webcam at a Blockstack event in BerlinÃâà...
The Intercept
March 21, 2018
Classified documents provided by whistleblower Edward Snowden show that the National Security Agency indeed worked urgently to target bitcoin users around the world — and wielded at least one mysterious source of information to “help track down senders and receivers of Bitcoins,” according to aÃâà...
ETF Trends
March 21, 2018
Edward Snowden weighed in on the Facebook scandal leaving many people wondering what is next for the company, how will it affect the market, and most importantly, if they should delete their Facebook profiles. Facebook remains under criticism for their connection with Cambridge Analytica, a dataÃâà...
ETHNews
March 21, 2018
On Tuesday, The Intercept reported that Edward Snowden furnished documents which demonstrate that the National Security Agency (NSA) has kept a careful eye on digital currencies, including bitcoin , through codenamed projects like OAKSTAR and MONKEYROCKET. Journalist Sam Biddle explainedÃâà...
Moneycontrol.com
March 20, 2018
Exiled NSA whistle-blower Edward Snowden who is currently in Russia likened the 'social media' to 'surveillance companies' and said that the rebranding is the most successful deception since 1949. Snowden in a tweet on Saturday said, “Businesses that make money by collecting and selling detailedÃâà...
Newsweek
March 20, 2018
Facebook's data policies are exploitative and resemble the work of a “surveillance company,” according to exiled National Security Agency (NSA) leaker Edward Snowden who spoke out in response to the Cambridge Analytica scandal. Snowden criticized the social media network in a series of tweets onÃâà...
The Sun
March 19, 2018
CIA whistleblower Edward Snowden has hit out the "rigged Russian election"and accused Vladimir Putin of stealing power with "fake votes". The former National Security Agency contractor and CIA employee criticised the integrity of the poll which saw Putin romp to a fourth term in office. Snowden urgedÃâà...
Washington Examiner
March 19, 2018
Former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden Sunday criticized the integrity of Russia's presidential election just before exit polls showed President Vladimir Putin had easily won a fourth term in office. “The ballot stuffing seen today in Moscow and elsewhere in the Russian election is anÃâà...
wnep.com
March 14, 2018
Ben Wizner is the director of the ACLU's Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project and an adjunct professor at New York University School of Law. He's litigated numerous cases involving the intersection of civil liberties and national security. He's also the principal legal advisor to Edward Snowden.
The Atlanta Voice
March 14, 2018
He's also the principal legal advisor to Edward Snowden. Christine V. Hamiel is an attorney at the von Briesen & Roper law firm in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She chairs the firm's school law section and advises school districts on legal matters involving student issues, among other things. 1. Can my schoolÃâà...
FCW.com
March 14, 2018
Past reports, including one on mass surveillance in the U.S. in the wake of the Edward Snowden revelations, were influential in steering debates in Congress. "In the aftermath of the Snowden leaks in 2013, the work of the PCLOB -- including televised hearings -- went a long way towards providing theÃâà...
The Hill
March 13, 2018
Former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden blasted the Trump administration on Tuesday for the selection of Gina Haspel to lead the CIA over Haspel's former management of a "black site" prison. In a series of tweets, the whistleblower, who fled the country after exposing classifiedÃâà...
Newsweek
February 22, 2018
The encrypted chat app Signal, which NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden once said he uses every day, just got a mighty $50 million in funding intended to boost the availability of “high-security and low-cost communications” for everyone. That could be bad news for law enforcement and intelligenceÃâà...
SC Magazine
February 14, 2018
No, NSA whistleblower and U.S. fugitive Edward Snowden did not just purchase a 2 terabyte storage plan for iCloud, nor has he moved back to the States. Instead, a strange spam campaign that targets Apple customers has been found distributing phishing emails containing an Apple receipt that bills $9.99Ãâà...
CNN
February 12, 2018
Washington (CNN) Former National Security Agency contractor-turned-whistleblower Edward Snowden on Monday ribbed the White House for its extensive security clearance backlog. "I got a security clearance faster than half of this White House," Snowden tweeted. I got a security clearance faster thanÃâà...
TrustedReviews
December 31, 1999
Speaking at a decentralised internet conference, NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden has warned that Bitcoin's public ledger is a “long-lasting flaw” that has large implications for the overall privacy of the cryptocurrency. Bitcoin is built on a piece of technology called the blockchain, which is a record ofÃâà...
Cointelegraph
December 31, 1999
US whistleblower Edward Snowden voiced concerns over Bitcoin's long-term prospects in an interview on March 22, saying the cryptocurrency's public Blockchain made it susceptible to abuse. Speaking via webcam in an interview with Coin Center director of research Peter Van Valkenburgh at theÃâà...
Washington Examiner
December 31, 1999
Former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden ripped Facebook in a tweet Saturday after the social media giant suspended Cambridge Analytica, a data analytics firm which worked worked for President Trump's campaign. Facebook accused the firm on Friday of not deleting data it hadÃâà...
HuffPost
December 31, 1999
National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden has jumped into the fray over Donald Trump's pick to head the CIA and her role in the CIA's waterboarding program. Current CIA Deputy Director Gina Haspel was reportedly involved in a controversial CIA “black site” operation in Thailand thatÃâà...
