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cryptocurrency1 year ago

US Government Transfers $922 Million in Seized Bitcoin: What You Need to Know

The US government has executed a massive Bitcoin transfer, moving approximately 15,085 BTC valued at nearly $923 million from wallet addresses containing funds seized from Bitfinex in 2016. This brings the government's total Bitcoin holdings to over 200,000 BTC, worth $12.50 billion, with additional holdings in Ethereum and other cryptocurrencies. Whistleblower Edward Snowden has suggested that a national government may be accumulating Bitcoin to replace traditional gold reserves, sparking speculation within the crypto community.

via Bitcoinist|
#bitcoin#cryptocurrency#cryptocurrency-holdings
technology2 years ago

Reflections on a Decade of Snowden's Impact on Surveillance.

This week marks the 10th anniversary of Edward Snowden's initial leaks about the US government's surveillance of American citizens' communications. Since then, there have been reforms, including the end of bulk collection of Americans' phone records and the sunsetting of Section 215 of the Patriot Act. The Freedom Act required the federal government to declassify and release "significant" opinions of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court and authorized the appointment of independent amici. However, the Snowden leaks revealed that America's "ordinary system of checks and balances doesn't work very well for secret national security programs," and there is still concern about what other rights-violating activities have been taking place in secret.

via Slashdot|
#edward-snowden#national-security-agency#privacy
technology2 years ago

A Decade After Snowden's Leaks: Reflections and Repercussions.

The Guardian's defence and security editor recounts the story of how the newspaper came to publish Edward Snowden's revelations about mass surveillance techniques and data gathering by intelligence agencies. The leak of tens of thousands of top-secret documents led to a small group of reporters and IT experts working in a special projects room, where they were advised they could be breaking the Official Secrets Act. The revelations were an inflection point, leading to a global debate about who gets to keep what information and for how long.

via The Guardian US|
#edward-snowden#intelligence-agencies#mass-surveillance
technology2 years ago

The Ongoing Impact of Edward Snowden's Leaks on Surveillance.

Ten years after Edward Snowden's initial leaks, lawmakers, digital privacy and civil liberties advocates say that public awareness of the harms posed by mass surveillance has increased, but there's still much room for improvement. The battle to reform Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) is the next big test. Section 702 is supposed to permit the federal government to spy on communications belonging to foreign individuals outside of America, theoretically to prevent criminal and terrorist acts. However, the government has historically used this data to monitor activists, journalists and others without obtaining a warrant.

via The Register|
#edward-snowden#privacy#reforms
politics2 years ago

A Decade After Snowden's Revelations, Has Anything Really Changed?

Ten years after Edward Snowden exposed mass surveillance by the US government, it is unclear whether America has undergone a profound transformation in its attitude to safeguarding individual privacy. While his disclosures led to some legal and political reforms, critics argue that they only tinkered around the edges and that the national security state has become even more powerful. Snowden himself remains in exile in Russia, where he continues to work as a digital privacy activist and critic of President Vladimir Putin’s regime.

via The Guardian US|
#civil-liberties#edward-snowden#nsa
politics2 years ago

Edward Snowden: A Decade in Russia Despite U.S. Law Changes

Edward Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor who fled the US in 2013 and revealed highly classified US surveillance programs, has been living in Russia for the past decade and received Russian citizenship last year. Snowden's revelations provoked a fierce debate over government surveillance, personal privacy, and the power and perils of technology. New laws, including the USA Freedom Act, have been enacted to prohibit the bulk collection of phone records by American citizens. Snowden's critics often attack him for living in Russia, but he says his attempts to move to other countries have been thwarted by the US government.

via NPR|
#edward-snowden#national-security-agency#politics
obituary2 years ago

Brazilian LGBTQ activist and politician David Miranda passes away at 37.

David Miranda, a Brazilian gay rights activist and former lawmaker who assisted his husband, journalist Glenn Greenwald, in disseminating information from classified U.S. documents leaked by whistleblower Edward Snowden, died at the age of 37. Miranda rose to prominence as a groundbreaking gay politician and fierce opponent of the right-wing Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil’s president from 2019 to 2022. He battled a severe gastrointestinal infection for nine months in intensive care before his death.

via The Washington Post|
#brazil#david-miranda#edward-snowden
crime2 years ago

Accused Pentagon leak suspect Jack Teixeira seeks release ahead of hearing amidst racist and violent remarks allegations.

Massachusetts airman Jack Teixeira, accused of leaking highly classified US intelligence documents, is asking a magistrate judge to release him from pretrial detention, though prosecutors allege the 21-year-old is a flight risk and, if released on bail, say he could "further disseminate classified information" and "take refuge with a foreign adversary." Prosecutors also claimed that Teixeira took "a series of obstructive steps" intended to prevent investigators from understanding the scope of what he allegedly did and they outlined in detail the reasons they believe he poses a danger to the public if allowed to be released from detention, pointing to the "virtual arsenal of weapons" he possessed at residences he occupied that are owned by his mother and father.

via ABC News|
#crime#edward-snowden#flight-risk