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It can be argued Snowden's disclosures have accelerated adoption of such privacy tools.
What can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence.
> Assume good faith.
Tell HN: Edward Snowden hasn't tweeted since Russian invasion of Ukraine started
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Re: Tell HN: Edward Snowden hasn't tweeted since Russian invasion of Ukraine started
#52What do you expect him to say? He is in Russia. If he says something against the war in Ukraine, he is being arrested because it is illegal in Russia to be against the war, you are not allowed even to call it a war. If he is arrested, in the best case he will be deported and then goes to jail in the US. In the worst case, he is put in jail in Russia next to Navalniy. If he doesn't say anything, then apparently the on…
> he is being arrested because it is illegal in Russia to be against the war do you have any source to support this? I went thru most "Criminal Code of Russia" searching for anything related to war, and could not find anything in terms of even temporary jail time for speaking out against war. Many people do, in Russia, including politicians of Putin opposition and they are nor being jailed. Looks like you can get jai…
See КоАП РФ 20.3.3 and УК РФ 207.3, passed in March. You won't be jailed for a single tweet denouncing the war - but you will likely get up to a $1k fine if you are reported (and since around half of Russians support the war it isn't that unlikely you WILL get reported). If you are more politically active, you can get visitors irl (police coming to your house, or just random pro-government activists doing vandalism around your house/flat). Additionally, spreading "fake news" can get you up to 15 years in jail (but most people "only" qualify for 3 years). By the way, I'm Russian, so feel free to ask me further questions about the overall situation.
Re: Tell HN: Edward Snowden hasn't tweeted since Russian invasion of Ukraine started
#53Earlier quoted context omitted.
> he is being arrested because it is illegal in Russia to be against the war do you have any source to support this? I went thru most "Criminal Code of Russia" searching for anything related to war, and could not find anything in terms of even temporary jail time for speaking out against war. Many people do, in Russia, including politicians of Putin opposition and they are nor being jailed. Looks like you can get jai…
See КоАП РФ 20.3.3 and УК РФ 207.3, passed in March. You won't be jailed for a single tweet denouncing the war - but you will likely get up to a $1k fine if you are reported (and since around half of Russians support the war it isn't that unlikely you WILL get reported). If you are more politically active, you can get visitors irl (police coming to your house, or just random pro-government activists doing vandalism a…
that's insane! who the heck pass this as a law?? do you guys know names of these people? how come you cannot vote them out of office?
my heart goes out to all Russians on the right side of history...
Re: Tell HN: Edward Snowden hasn't tweeted since Russian invasion of Ukraine started
#54Does anybody know why he ended up in Russia? Are there really no other countries that will not deport you to the US? I think I would probably pick Cuba, for instance, over Russia.
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