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Does anyone find it slightly odd that Snowden was (quite obviously) joining the presentation over a Google hangout? I suppose it's better than a Skype call, bu

Does anyone find it slightly odd that Snowden was (quite obviously) joining the presentation over a Google hangout? I suppose it's better than a Skype call, but shouldn't he know better? I would expect him to insist on using Jitsi or something similar, like Jacob Appelbaum does for his appearances.

asgard1024 12y ago
He explained that once in an interview - basically, for public communication, there is no reason for him to care, so he uses whatever suits the other party the best.
dllthomas 12y ago
... because the NSA might be able to monitor his public broadcast?
- davej 12y ago
  Presumably they might be able to find the IP address he is using. It's very likely that he's running it through a few layers of VPN/proxy/Tor though.
  - dllthomas 12y ago
    True, on both counts.
aestetix 12y ago
I helped set the presentation up. Jitsi is actually the ideal choice, but it's too unstable for something like this. Google Hangouts was used at Snowden's request.