Tag: Edward Snowden
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Edward Snowden’s NFT artwork sells for over $5.4 mn
In 2013, Snowden leaked information on US intelligence's methods of electronic surveillance, including illegally eavesdropping on foreign leaders.
April 17, 2021 -
Snowden’s memoir to be published on United States’ Constitution Day
Seven years ago, the intelligence contractor for the National Security Agency, Edward Snowden decided to leak top-secret documents which set off a massive debate on violation of citizens' privacy
August 2, 2019 -
Google’s ‘Chat’ service a precious gift to cybercriminals: Amnesty
'Chat' will be without end-to-end encryption, which is a way of scrambling digital data so that only the sender and recipient can see it
April 22, 2018 -
Aadhaar data breach: Snowden comes out in support of journalist, paper
American whistleblower Edward Snowden on Tuesday came out in support of the The Tribune newspaper and its reporter Rachna Khaira after an FIR was registered against them for their news report on Aadhaar data breach. Former United States government contractor, in a tweet wrote: “The journalists exposing the #Aadhaar breach deserve an award, not an investigation. If …
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January 9, 2018 -
Hong Kong rejects asylum for refugees who sheltered Snowden
The Hong Kong lawyer for a group of refugees who sheltered former NSA contractor Edward Snowden four years ago says the southern Chinese city's immigration department has rejected their asylum requests. Robert Tibbo said on Monday immigration officials denied the applications by the four adults and three children, in what he said is retaliation for …
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May 15, 2017 -
‘Governments snooping on you on internet, phones’
Internet and mobile phones, smart and otherwise, may have made communications and information access to information instant but also leave users vulnerable to surveillance from state agencies, warns a British journalist who had a role in publicising both Julian Assange and Edward Snowden's explosive revelations of US government secrets. But Guardian journalist Luke Harding admits …
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January 23, 2017 -
‘Governments snooping on you on internet, phones’
Internet and mobile phones, smart and otherwise, may have made communications and information access to information instant but also leave users vulnerable to surveillance from state agencies, warns a British journalist who had a role in publicising both Julian Assange and Edward Snowden's explosive revelations of US government secrets. But Guardian journalist Luke Harding admits …
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January 23, 2017 -
Snowden sends strong anti-surveillance message to Trump
In a clear message to US President-elect Donald Trump, the famed National Security Agency (NSA) whistleblower Edward Snowden has said that government surveillance programmes will create “vulnerabilities” for social media users. “The same technologies that are being used to connect us, to tie us together, to let you listen to this right now, are also …
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December 14, 2016