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Snowden a prize for Russians until they have his secrets
- TempleOS 13y agoMoses on the mountain was top secret, punishable by death. Highs and lows balance, punishable by death -- garden of eden. God says... heaven vote just_between_us Hicc_up tree_hugger Venus middle_class joyful the_enquirer food what's_up repeat_after_me do_it fun industrious application genius Okilydokily theres_no_place_like_home anger break_some_woopass_on_you basket_case I'm_the_boss Tomorrow abnormal goods illogical praying fun endure foul sky Knock_you_upside_the_head ----- We operate in the "If I told you God'd have to kill you, level of secrecy." 29:11 And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it is sealed: 29:12 And the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I am not learned.
- btipling 13y agoWikileaks says nothing of the sort has happened, someone from Wikileaks is with Snowden: https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/349787949644267520 https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/349787949644267520
- digitalengineer 13y agoSee how this free press thing works? In the old days this story would have been believed all over the world, it was 'in the news' so it's true. Nowadays it's a lot easier to fight propaganda.
- Svip 13y agoI wouldn't call it propaganda as much as wild speculation based on nothing but assumption that it is still the Cold War. In Russia's eyes, this is a huge embarrassment to the United States, letting him go where he wants is exactly in Russia's interests. Russia probably already know what he leaked.
- corresation 13y agoRussia is still very active engaging in espionage in the West, just as we know the reverse is true. In that sense it is very much the way it always was, and that "Cold War" still exists.
- PakG1 13y agoRemember the Russian spies in New York who were posing as startup founders? :D
- Svip 13y agoNot in the same way; during the Cold War, the Russia would always be interested in interrogating Americans should they be near them. Today Russia maintains diplomatic relations with the United States and is a trade partner, a massive change from the Cold War, where both blocs could sustain isolated. This changes in focus and ways of how espionage in both countries is conducted. Russia does not unwittingly wish to provoke the Americans; and for what? Snowden is hardly a high target in terms of intelligence, as he was merely working for a contractor to the NSA. Russia wins by doing nothing.
- corresation 13y agoI would argue that the USSR was far more concerned about not antagonizing the US than the Russia of today: Before it quickly escalated and turned into a major spectacle, used to demonize and vilify if not to justify military activities (every time the USSR did anything that played poorly in the US press, you could hear the military contractors cheer at the new destroyer and fighter aircraft orders incoming), whereas now there are attempts by both sides to brush it under the table. As an aside, Russia has negligible trade with the United States. Russia stills flies nuclear bombers to the edge of US and Canada airspace. It still has agents throughout the West, many who have built lives here. The leadership in Russia is still emboldened and lauded for standing up to the US in various ways. In many, many ways it is the same as it always was. The only reason I think Russia might not care much about Snowden's info is the fact that Snowden got the info in the first place -- if a 6 month outside contractor had the keys to the palace, there's a good probability Russia already knows everything he knows.
- siddboots 13y agoIs it just me, or did that entire article rest on the assumption that Snowden's data is not encrypted?
- dionyziz 13y agoThat. And, furthermore, he is most likely not carrying his data with him, but has encrypted it and uploaded it somewhere, likely several places, just keeping the keys with him, also encrypted themselves.
- derrida 13y agoTo add to that: it's probably just a passphrase, so getting it from him would require torture. Even then, if that horrible scenario results, if he's smart, has a mechanism for plausible deniability, so he can give a key that decrypts to false information. [1] The assumption of this article is bogus. [1] You create a hidden true crypt volume and you put that inside another volume, do this for as many layers as you wish.
- dlss 13y agoI think smart people probably require less torture than dumb ones... but I agree with the rest.
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- breck 13y ago> so getting it from him would require torture. Or keyloggers, or sensitive listening devices, or hidden cameras, et cetera. Even Snowden himself admits that security at the endpoints is incredibly weak.
- derrida 13y agoThat assumes he accesses the files at the airport or from devices that are known to be his. Lucky for him the future is somewhat non-deterministic. Also, he could have all of the files segmented and say the passphrase in a conference call over the phone, immediately making a single specific document available to a few dozen journalists, assuming he has already distributed the encrypted container around.
- rurounijones 13y agoThis seems like another character assassination article. "See, he was stupid enough to go to the russians and now they have our secrets because of his incompetence" It even starts with a presumption that "Now that Russian intelligence services have presumably gotten what they want from Edward Snowden"... I am having serious problems with the bias of this "article".
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- stcredzero 13y agoI should think Snowden is savvy enough to encrypt his hard drives and files.