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    Edward Snowden‏Verified account @Snowden 18 Feb 2016

    The #FBI's insecurity mandate on #Apple will hurt ordinary citizens, not criminal masterminds. Here's why:https://theintercept.com/2016/02/18/passcodes-that-can-defeat-fbi-ios-backdoor/ …

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      1. David Marsden | @drcreek | aka "Chips"‏ @drcreek 18 Feb 2016
        Replying to @Snowden

        @Snowden They should just make cryptography illegal. I mean it worked so well against terrorism when they made terrorism illegal.

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      2. Angry Husky‏ @Angry_Husky 18 Feb 2016
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        @Snowden Eventually, the US govt will have eliminated the freedom the terrorists wanted to kill us for and the war on terror will be over.

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      2. voidiss‏ @voidiss 18 Feb 2016
        Replying to @Snowden

        .@Snowden "Either everyone gets security or no one does"—@schneierblog on #ApplevsFBI: https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2016/02/18/why-you-should-side-with-apple-not-the-fbi-in-the-san-bernardino-iphone-case/ … #encryption

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      1. Bucci‏ @bucci2028 19 Feb 2016
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        @Snowden @jeffl76 Apple's core competency is OS & encryption (security) so the FBI is risking the demise of #Apple b/c they want CONTROL

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      1. Anonymous‏ @Celtic_Anon2018 18 Feb 2016
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        @Snowden <3 <3;-}><3 @Dear @FBI <3;-}><3 @washingtonpost @WSJ @nytimes @BBCWorld @USATODAY @HillaryClinton #Benghazi

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      1. Charles R. Smith 🔹‏ @softwarnet 18 Feb 2016
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        @Snowdenpic.twitter.com/2LhEIuTjAQ

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      1. DarklinWolf‏ @DarklinWolf 18 Feb 2016
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        @Snowden Honestly being a criminal is sounding better every day.

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      2. Jesus ❤️ Lara Marie  😘Anti-Religion Christians‏ @BlackQueenLara 18 Feb 2016
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        @Snowden I don't even understand all #CSICyber episodes & I have an IQ nearing 150, no pun :) FBI'd like to plant chips in bodies with this❓

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      3. RyanAbrahamBlue‏ @RyanQuaidBlue 19 Feb 2016
        Replying to @BlackQueenLara

        @BlackQueenLara @Snowden if its such a big deal why dont you switch phone companies when it happens? Or just stop using a cell? lol ya right

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      4. Jesus ❤️ Lara Marie  😘Anti-Religion Christians‏ @BlackQueenLara 19 Feb 2016
        Replying to @RyanQuaidBlue

        @RyanQuaidBlue @Snowden I'll never buy an #Iphone (I can get 1 FREE with my carrier in #Paris ) but #MI6 bores TOP people like me in sleep 😳

        2 replies 4 retweets 0 likes
      5. Prince Barock‏ @PrinceBarock 19 Feb 2016
        Replying to @BlackQueenLara

        @BlackQueenLara That security mandate is same as having a chip in your body and brain and heart :)

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      2. SUPACALA‏ @SUPACALA1 18 Feb 2016
        Replying to @Snowden

        @Snowden @the_intercept HAPPY VALENTINES SHOUTOUT, RT WHISTLEBLOWER TEL GOV OF DATA FRAUD http://tmblr.co/Z0jl9m1kAP6b1 pic.twitter.com/xaaQk7xDjH

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      3. SUPACALA‏ @SUPACALA1 19 Feb 2016
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        @M_G_W_V @xMGWVx @M_A_Y_A_R_111 @xxxMGWVxxx @M_G_W_V @Johnnyrockson1 @Aikings @VANILLA_ROMA @JAC5IVE @ZOMBIEWASHOTGUN @IndiMgwv

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      1. Steven White‏ @stevenjwhite 18 Feb 2016
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        “@Snowden: #FBI's insecurity mandate on #Apple will hurt ordinary citizens, not criminal masterminds. Here's why: https://theintercept.com/2016/02/18/passcodes-that-can-defeat-fbi-ios-backdoor/ …”

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      1. Kori Handy‏Verified account @Korihandy 18 Feb 2016
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        @Snowden @the_intercept really hope @tim_cook can hold off the government

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      2. OffGridr‏ @offgriddr 18 Feb 2016
        Replying to @Snowden

        @Snowden @r1965rainey @the_intercept You're not that important.

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      4. OffGridr‏ @offgriddr 18 Feb 2016
        Replying to @r1965rainey

        @r1965rainey @Snowden @the_intercept I value privacy but this is a device with potential info. It's not Verison recording numbers.

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      5. terri rae sanislo‏ @terrisanislo 18 Feb 2016
        Replying to @offgriddr

        @offgriddr @r1965rainey @Snowden @the_intercept Exactly! Valid court order for ONE phone in particular. US security at stake.

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