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The reason you would advertise a page like this is to get lots of people to visit it. It gives Snowden the ability to look like any of the other (tens?) of tho

by dthunt 13y ago

The reason you would advertise a page like this is to get lots of people to visit it. It gives Snowden the ability to look like any of the other (tens?) of thousands of people who visit the URL in the next little while.

gasull 13y ago
The Snowden could use Tor to access the website. Also, there's no other way to get the message to Snowden unless you give it publicity. If he browses the Internet for news, he will find there's a message from Wired for him.
- fleitz 13y ago
  If you were hiding from the NSA.... I'd avoid browsing the internet for a while...
  - gasull 13y ago
    If he's using Tor, and not login in in any site, how are they going to know it's Snowden?
    - fleitz 13y ago
      To be fair he's not really hiding...
      - dthunt 13y ago
        Tor is only safe to a degree. Probabilistic flow analysis is a real threat.
alanh 13y ago
Thanks for the comment. I saw this story’s presence on HN as a complete waste of space until now.
mikeash 13y ago
I imagine anything to do with Snowden pales in comparison to getting lots of people to visit it so they can get ad revenue.