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New revelations from the Snowden archive surface (www.computerweekly.com)

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A decade after Snowden exposed NSA’s mass surveillance in cooperation with the British GCHQ, only about 1 percent of the documents have been published, but three major facts can finally be revealed thanks to a doctoral thesis in applied cryptography by Jacob Appelbaum.

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[-] explodicle@local106.com 4 points 1 year ago

I don't think that whistleblowing is a crime.

[-] Rapidcreek@reddthat.com -5 points 1 year ago

There are rules to being designated a whistle-blower and he didn't follow them.

[-] explodicle@local106.com 5 points 1 year ago

He did actually try to go through those channels, unsuccessfully, so he was left with no other choice.

That's a far cry from storming the capitol after losing the election to build an even further right state.

What matters to me is the morality of a rule (unreasonable searches, accepting loss), not the fact that a rule was broken.

[-] Rapidcreek@reddthat.com -4 points 1 year ago

He didn't get what he wanted so decided to brake the law. Does sound like Trump.

[-] explodicle@local106.com 3 points 1 year ago

What matters to me is the morality of a rule (unreasonable searches, accepting loss), not the fact that a rule was broken.

[-] Rapidcreek@reddthat.com -2 points 1 year ago

You are not in charge of deciding the morality of law. We have courts that decide such matters. What you're really saying is that your feelings about a law is more important than the law itself.