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I once challenged Glenn Greenwald as to how he could be confident his copy of the documents hadn't been hacked. His answer wasn't terribly convincing. That sai
by CurtMonash 11y ago
I once challenged Glenn Greenwald as to how he could be confident his copy of the documents hadn't been hacked. His answer wasn't terribly convincing.
That said, it's also possible he got lucky. He lives in a fairly isolated farmhouse with a lot of dogs, so maybe it really is hard to do a black bag operation on him. And I'm not sure how even a nation state could do a purely internet-based attack on an air-gapped computer.
That said, Laura Poitras in bustling Berlin or an entire major newspaper might be an easier target ...
- jefurii 11y ago> That said, Laura Poitras in bustling Berlin or an entire major newspaper might be an easier target ... That incident where British government officials destroyed the laptop containing The Guardian's copy of the documents makes more sense in light of this.
- SamReidHughes 11y agoGreenwald's home got burgled, with just a laptop stolen, when he was in Hong Kong.