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I used to work for the government. Now I work for the public. President at @FreedomofPress.

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    1. Edward Snowden‏Verified account @Snowden 24 Aug 2019

      Edward Snowden Retweeted The Tor Project

      In 2013, when a small team of journalists and I went head to head against @NSAGov to reveal the secret system of global mass surveillance, we used @Tails_Live to communicate—to reduce the risk of basic but deadly mistakes. The NSA only learned of our plan when it hit the news.https://twitter.com/torproject/status/1162386781515460614 …

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      The Tor ProjectVerified account @torproject
      Tails, a live operating system relying on Tor that helps you to use the internet anonymously and circumvent censorship almost anywhere you go and on any computer, turns 10 today. Happy birthday, @Tails_live 🎂 https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2009-August/002667.html … #FOSS #opensource pic.twitter.com/XbDctpnf6j
      128 replies 1,726 retweets 4,788 likes
    2. J.M. Porup‏ @toholdaquill 24 Aug 2019
      Replying to @Snowden @NSAGov @Tails_live

      with respect, numerous privacy researchers have told me that since 2013, Tor is now broken against a global passive adversary..... and that Five Eyes are now close enough to that vantage point that we need a new solution.

      4 replies 6 retweets 39 likes
    3. Edward Snowden‏Verified account @Snowden 24 Aug 2019
      Replying to @toholdaquill @NSAGov @Tails_live

      I wouldn't expect any system to be totally secure, much less remain secure forever in the face of adversary advances, but that's not the claim. Security is process of choosing between "less safe" and "more safe;" and continuing to fork toward safety until you reach "safe enough."

      18 replies 237 retweets 738 likes
    4. Edward Snowden‏Verified account @Snowden 24 Aug 2019
      Replying to @Snowden @toholdaquill and

      Against a TLA, Tor (when used with particular care for what is being transmitted, and how, so as to limit the impact of bad exits and traffic analysis) was and is, in my opinion, far better protection than typical alternatives like static VPN tunnels.

      6 replies 45 retweets 225 likes
    5. Edward Snowden‏Verified account @Snowden 24 Aug 2019
      Replying to @Snowden @toholdaquill and

      "Far better" doesn't imply "secure against TLA," it just means "more safe." "More safe," in isolation, often means "not safe enough," which is why we layer in protection for defense in depth. Even way back in prehistoric 2013, Tor was simply the outermost layer.

      6 replies 24 retweets 176 likes
    6. Edward Snowden‏Verified account @Snowden 24 Aug 2019
      Replying to @Snowden @toholdaquill and

      All we know today is that at a certain point in time, old standbys like Tor, OTR, and GPG were "safe enough" for the given threat model, because they successfully protected the communications they needed to in the manner they were required to.

      3 replies 25 retweets 147 likes
    7. Edward Snowden‏Verified account @Snowden 24 Aug 2019
      Replying to @Snowden @toholdaquill and

      One day, they may no longer be safe enough. We don't know when that is until someone proves it: maybe it's today, maybe it's never. But none of the most common kinds of conspiracy-minded FUD we see raised against Tor today have been backed by anything more than air.

      5 replies 38 retweets 194 likes
    8. Edward Snowden‏Verified account @Snowden 24 Aug 2019
      Replying to @Snowden @toholdaquill and

      The primary threat facing someone trying to stay anonymous on the internet today is their own bad opsec, and that is precisely the same as it was in 2013. Tails—and Tor—reduced the number of ways anyone on my team could make dangerous mistakes, and so were crucial protections.

      1 reply 53 retweets 201 likes
      Edward Snowden‏Verified account @Snowden 24 Aug 2019
      Replying to @Snowden @toholdaquill and

      If you look at the way post-2013 whistleblowers have been caught, it is clear the absolute most important thing you can do to maintain your anonymity is reduce the number of places in your operational activity where you can make mistakes. Tor and Tails still do precisely that.

      3:49 PM - 24 Aug 2019
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      4 replies 75 retweets 224 likes
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        2. Edward Snowden‏Verified account @Snowden 24 Aug 2019
          Replying to @Snowden @toholdaquill and

          If I were going to reprise my work in 2013 in a 2019 environment, I'd almost certainly still use Tor and Tails via different hacked WiFi APs for each communication. Even if traffic analysis reveals the origin of your communication, it doesn't need to lead back to you. Layers!

          4 replies 84 retweets 283 likes
        3. Edward Snowden‏Verified account @Snowden 24 Aug 2019
          Replying to @Snowden @toholdaquill and

          The technology changes, but the principles are always the same.

          6 replies 68 retweets 265 likes
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        1. Ginny‏ @GinnyHoge 24 Aug 2019
          Replying to @Snowden @toholdaquill and

          Bullshit corporate propaganda!

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