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
#2Always looked at him as an anti-governmental corruption and abuse advocate... it feels weird he hasn't said a word since Russian invasion in Ukraine started...
Re: Tell HN: Edward Snowden hasn't tweeted since Russian invasion of Ukraine started
#3Cause he is a fraud.
Re: Tell HN: Edward Snowden hasn't tweeted since Russian invasion of Ukraine started
#4Always looked at him as an anti-governmental corruption and abuse advocate... it feels weird he hasn't said a word since Russian invasion in Ukraine started...
It was always a condition of him staying in Russia that he could only call out things that occurred anywhere but Russia.
He has a wife and child now and in calling out the Kremlin he’d either be jailed by the Russian government or expelled by Russia and likely taken to the US for trial.
Re: Tell HN: Edward Snowden hasn't tweeted since Russian invasion of Ukraine started
#5Putting on my conspiracy robe, I would say something like he's a Russian spy, but his roots are well researched and he's the most doxxed person on the planet, so it's hard to claim he's a Russian spy. The guy seems genuine enough in my eyes, and changed the Internet forever. Like, 90% of sites are encrypted now, and he sparked a privacy revolution after the leaks. He's not a traitor, he's a hero IMHO. Others who claim he's a traitor probably think outfits like the NSA or other agencies are good or benevolent (Hint: they're not).
Re: Tell HN: Edward Snowden hasn't tweeted since Russian invasion of Ukraine started
#6Cause he is a fraud.
No, he's actually real.
Re: Tell HN: Edward Snowden hasn't tweeted since Russian invasion of Ukraine started
#7Putting on my conspiracy robe, I would say something like he's a Russian spy, but his roots are well researched and he's the most doxxed person on the planet, so it's hard to claim he's a Russian spy. The guy seems genuine enough in my eyes, and changed the Internet forever. Like, 90% of sites are encrypted now, and he sparked a privacy revolution after the leaks. He's not a traitor, he's a hero IMHO. Others who clai…
> Like, 90% of sites are encrypted now
How much does that have to do with Snowden vs. Let's Encrypt.
Re: Tell HN: Edward Snowden hasn't tweeted since Russian invasion of Ukraine started
#8Always looked at him as an anti-governmental corruption and abuse advocate... it feels weird he hasn't said a word since Russian invasion in Ukraine started...
It was always a condition of him staying in Russia that he could only call out things that occurred anywhere but Russia. He has a wife and child now and in calling out the Kremlin he’d either be jailed by the Russian government or expelled by Russia and likely taken to the US for trial.
This
People are getting jailed under highly specious circumstances in Russia. It wouldn’t surprise me if I learned he was already under some sort of precautionary light house arrest.
Re: Tell HN: Edward Snowden hasn't tweeted since Russian invasion of Ukraine started
#9What 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 only thing he wants to say is things against this war. There is nothing else for him to say. Therefore his silence means that he is strongly against the war.
Re: Tell HN: Edward Snowden hasn't tweeted since Russian invasion of Ukraine started
#10Always looked at him as an anti-governmental corruption and abuse advocate... it feels weird he hasn't said a word since Russian invasion in Ukraine started...
Don't you think he's risked and sacrificed enough already?