@pluralistic
"The Inquistions didn't set out to silence #Galileo...it could have just assassinated him....Instead, the Inquisition persecuted Galileo, in a very high-profile manner
...The point of persecuting Galileo was to convince Descartes to self-censor... [and] "thousands of other major thinkers of the time wrote differently,...because they self-censored after the Galileo trial."
A suggestion to everyone quoting #Snowden calling from #Russia to free #Assange - why don’t you also ask what Evan Gershkovich is thinking about it? He’s also a jailed journalist. Or why don’t you ask ask Snowden why isn’t he calling for freeing Gershkovich? 🤔
Funny but I'm unclear on how this doesn't already apply with our use of drones internationally, covert intelligence agencies who could blackmail their oversight bodies and the disregard our officials show to limits laid out by the Constitution/UN. And when people like #Assange and #Snowden expose their crimes, mainstream journalism paints them as enemies instead of heroes. #RogueState#WarPowersAct#cointelpro
"Zu argumentieren, dass Sie keine Privatsphäre brauchen, weil Sie nichts zu verbergen haben, ist so, als würden Sie sagen, dass Sie keine Meinungsfreiheit brauchen, weil Sie nichts zu sagen haben."
Ten years after the #Snowden leaks, US Congress reauthorizes #FISA702 despite knowing that the FBI uses this for millions of warrantless surveillance searches.
In Germany, warrantless searches are not possible. Tuta stays strong to protect your right to #privacy. 💪
Btw - wskoczył mi właśnie podcast Mateusza Chroboka o Snowdenie i tam już na wstępie pojawia się informacja, że uciekł do Rosji. A że profil pana Chroboka na masto jest nieaktywny od roku i tam nie mogę sprostować, to przypomnę tutaj: nie uciekł - jeśli już, to został tam zesłany przez USA. Konkretniej to USA anulowało mu paszport, gdy miał się przesiadać w Moskwie na inny samolot tak, żeby utknął w Moskwie - co było z ich strony /1
My tu gadu gadu, a minęło już 10 lat od ujawnienia przez Snowdena tajnych dokumentów NSA pokazujących, na jak szeroką skalę jesteśmy szpiegowani... a raczej byliśmy, bo sporo się w tym zakresie zmieniło i to nie tak, jak przewidywali więksi i mniejsi eksperci - ciekawie opowiada o tym w swoim najnowszym filmie @mateuszchrobok
Tym, którzy chcieliby sobie przypomnieć, czego konkretnie dotyczyły wyniesione z NSA dokumenty, polecam książkę Glenna Greenwalda "Snowden. Nigdzie się nie ukryjesz".
Threads federates, you don't subscribe to anyone on the instance. Happy now?
Threads federates, you blacklist the whole instance in your user blacklist. Now happy?
Threads federates, you subscribe to a few people whose writing you like. Happy?
Threads federates. Threads users realize, they can jump ship to another Instance and still talk with and to and about their friends. Threads loses users. Happy!
If I had the funding, I'd explicity start an eMail provider that blocks everything but #E2EE - encrypted [ PGP/MIME ] eMails and forces everyone to properly encrypt their shit.
Because I ran out of spoons and 10+ years after #Snowden and #PRISM there is no excuse to act like a Snitch!
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Turns out the Feds and other Governments have been spying on all push notifications the whole time and using it to even de-anonymise users on anonymous messenger apps.
And they placed a gag order on #Apple so they don't tell users.
Great! 🤦♂️
Turns out the Feds and other Governments have been spying on all push notifications the whole time and using it to even de-anonymise users on anonymous messenger apps.
And they placed a gag order on Apple to prevent them from letting users know about this.
No Place to Hide
Edward Snowden, the NSA and the Surveillance State
The story of one of the greatest national security leaks in US history.
In June 2013, reporter and political commentator Glenn Greenwald published a series of reports in the Guardian which rocked the world. The reports revealed shocking truths about the extent to which the National Security Agency had been gathering information about US citizens and intercepting communication worldwide. @bookstodon #surveillance #Snowden #NSA
Il miliardario fondatore di #Twitter e #Bluesky ha abbandonato le sue creature per lanciare un protocollo decentralizzato in cui si può scambiare bitcoin. #JackDorsey donò 14 #Bitcoin a Nostr subito dopo aver venduto twitter a Musk.
#Snowden, che ora è naturalizzato Russo, non è nel fediverso ma ha un account verificato su nostr:
rispondo a chi, dopo aver pubblicato 3 nuove rivelazioni dai file di #Snowden su @computerweekly, mi chiede: perché dopo 10 anni sei ossessionata con quei file?
Perché permettono di ricostruire la nascita dello stato di sorveglianza di massa, minaccia esistenziale alla democrazia
i file di #Snowden costituiscono un eccezionale database che permette di scoprire, documentare,studiare la nascita dello stato di sorveglianza di massa.
lo stato di sorveglianza di massa costituisce una minaccia esistenziale alla democrazia. Come giornalista che ha pubblicato tutti i file di #Snowden che aveva in mano mi sono sempre chiesta: ho fatto abbastanza per denunciare il pericolo e informare l'opinione pubblica?