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Abundant tweets about civil liberties & national security. "Has a longer memory than an elephant & keeps more records than Jim Comey.” Legendary potty mouth.

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    1. Tim Shorrock‏Verified account @TimothyS Jan 4

      Meanwhile, while @theintercept and @snowden continued to tout the wonders of Tor, @emptywheel was the only journalist to expose the 2014 exception to surveillance rules that "permit NSA to collect Tor traffic." A responsible publication would report that. https://www.emptywheel.net/2017/10/23/the-senate-intelligence-committee-702-bill-is-a-domestic-spying-bill/ …pic.twitter.com/vIUzhRCWjG

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    2. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Jan 4
      Replying to @TimothyS @theintercept @Snowden

      For a variety of reasons that's actually not the dig you think it was. 1) This post-dates Snowden, obviously 2) I was going to report this out at The Intercept but for completely unrelated reasons you simply couldn't address did not

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    3. Tim Shorrock‏Verified account @TimothyS Jan 4
      Replying to @emptywheel @theintercept @Snowden

      The fact that they were aware of this loophole and kept touting Tor anyway raises a host of questions for me. I didn't think that segment of your piece was a "dig." The "dig" was all mine. Still, kudos for being the only reporter to nail that story, and for your post today.

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    4. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Jan 4
      Replying to @TimothyS @theintercept @Snowden

      What evidence do you have about when "they" became aware of the loophole? I'm not sure you understand the nature of the loophole, bc it's not BRANDED to Tor, in any way.

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    5. Tim Shorrock‏Verified account @TimothyS Jan 4
      Replying to @emptywheel @theintercept @Snowden

      I think I do - I read your stuff - I know they read it too. They would have been aware the same time your story came out. It explained the loophole quite clearly. Why would anybody actively promoting Tor not report its users might be vulnerable?

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    6. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Jan 4
      Replying to @TimothyS @theintercept @Snowden

      So you suggest that users use NO traffic obscuring tools?

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      emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Jan 4
      Replying to @emptywheel @TimothyS and

      Following up, since you've gone silent. That's the option: use NO traffic obscuring tools, using those that are REALLY tough for average user, use those that NSA might get if they really want it & if you're breaking the law, or use VPNs which FBI can get far more easily.

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        2. Tim Shorrock‏Verified account @TimothyS Jan 4
          Replying to @emptywheel @theintercept @Snowden

          I haven't "gone silent." I have other pressing issues to follow. Bottom line for me: If a highly read publication is going to promote a system that might have a hole in it, it should inform its readers of that hole. Period. That would be responsible journalism Over & out.

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        3. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Jan 4
          Replying to @TimothyS @theintercept @Snowden

          Again, you are mistaking a legal application that is used by the NSA with BOTH VPNs and Tor for a technical hole that isn't in evidence.

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        4. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Jan 4
          Replying to @emptywheel @TimothyS and

          But for non technical users, they can use VPNs (many of which are shit, few open source) or they can use Tor. The FBI still has a much harder time with Tor for structural reasons.

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