Edward Snowden interview: 'Smartphones can be taken over' by GCHQ using activation programs

2 months ago by whalesmoker to c/privacy

Smartphone users can do "very little" to stop security services getting "total control" over their devices, US whistleblower Edward Snowden tells the BBC in his first British TV interview.

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stellargmite 24 points 2 months ago

October 2015 article. I guess he was still leaking knowledge at that point. A different time in some ways, but theres been little progress in others.

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turdas 34 points 2 months ago

Posting old-ass articles like this without a disclaimer should be against the rules.

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chloroken 7 points 2 months ago

BREAKING! SECOND PLANE JUST HIT THE TOWERS!

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lyralycan 4 points 2 months ago

On these communities and the source articles themselves. I bloody hate when the only way to find a date for reference is to find another article (or maybe dig through the site's code).

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Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

In this community everyone is welcome to post links and discuss topics related to privacy.

Some Rules

Posting a link to a website containing tracking isn't great, if contents of the website are behind a paywall maybe copy them into the post

Don't promote proprietary software

Try to keep things on topic

If you have a question, please try searching for previous discussions, maybe it has already been answered

Reposts are fine, but should have at least a couple of weeks in between so that the post can reach a new audience

Be nice :)

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