Archived This Computer Attack Is Amazing, Frightening, and Unlike Anything Else. Its Called Rowhammer. (slate.com)
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Archived This Computer Attack Is Amazing, Frightening, and Unlike Anything Else. Its Called Rowhammer. (slate.com)
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[–] Vespera 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
Would you say the same thing about Snowden?
[–] Gerplunckamo 5 points -4 points 1 point (+1|-5) ago
Yes, actually, because that's precisely what he ended up doing. Its why he's hiding out in Russia, and has only released information that is damning to the west.
Whatever he was before he left the states, he is now an FSB asset, to be utilized by the Russian state department against American interests.
It doesn't excuse what our government did, but giving state secrets to the enemy, from the safety of the enemy's home is an entirely different matter altogether.
[–] glUniform4fv 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago (edited ago)
The enemy he gave the information to are exactly three journalists: Laura Poitras, Glenn Greenwald and Ewen McAskill. And he was very hesistant to give it to McAskill. He tried to establish contact with Greenwald for over a year before he contacted Poitras, who then established contact with Greenwald. He waited that long because he would not give anyone the information he didn't trust; he was searching for a journalist with integrity.
All information published had names and other identifying information redacted. It is literally just education on what the NSA is capable of doing and has been doing.
Please, explain what you mean by "giving state secrets to the enemy". Was that biased rhetoric and you actually meant to say "giving state secrets to everyone affected"? Or did you really think that Snowden gave something specifically to the Chinese or Russian government that was not published elsewhere?
[–] Vespera 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago (edited ago)
I suppose without Edward Snowden being completely transparent we'll never be able to tell - but he also wouldn't had been able to accomplish what he did otherwise.