Snowden

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  Pavel Durov Has "Nothing To Hide", Says Telegram After France Arrest

  France held the Russian-born founder of Telegram Pavel Durov in custody for a second day of questioning on Monday over alleged offences related to the popular but controversial messaging app, which insisted he had "nothing to hide".

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  Edward Snowden Questions Elon Musk After Twitter Bans Wife's Pic With Baby: ''Does This...''

  In a tweet, Edward Snowden informed that his wife, Lindsay Mill's account was locked due to a photo of her holding her naked baby.

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  Elon Musk's New Twitter Poll On Edward Snowden, Julian Assange

  Twitter's new owner Elon Musk on Sunday polled users on whether whistleblower Edward Snowden and WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange should be pardoned by the US government.

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  US Whistleblower Edward Snowden Gets Russian Passport: Report

  Former US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden, who exposed the scale of secret surveillance by the National Security Agency (NSA), has sworn an oath of allegiance to Russia and received a Russian passport, TASS reported on Friday.

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  Putin Grants Russian Citizenship To US Whistleblower Edward Snowden

  President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Monday granting Russian citizenship to former US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden.

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  Edward Snowden Believes Bitcoin, Crypto Is Better Suited to Payments Than Investment

  Edward Snowden has said that he is "very much a fan" of Bitcoin, but he thinks that its lack of privacy could mean it fails in the long term. The renowned whistleblower said that there are multiple crypto assets that can be thought of as money akin to gold rather than currencies.

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  Edward Snowden Cautions Investors Against Dogecoin Clones Like Shiba Inu

  Shiba Inu has over the past week challenged Dogecoin's supremacy in the battle of meme coins by overtaking DOGE to become the 9th largest cryptocurrency in terms of market capitalisation.

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  Edward Snowden Says CBDC a 'Cryptofascist Currency' Designed to Put Governments at Centre of Every Transaction

  Former NSA consultant and whistleblower Edward Snowden has called Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) a “cryptofascist currency” primarily designed to deny people the basic ownership of their money. In a tweet, Snowden said the CBDC will put the State at the centre of every transaction, in disagreement with the founding principles and protocol...

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  Millions Flock To Signal As Facebook, WhatsApp Suffer Nearly 6-Hour Outage

  Signal, the private messaging app endorsed by Edward Snowden, saw user sign-ups soar during the extended downtime of Facebook Inc.'s network of apps and services.

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  Edward Snowden Says China’s Crypto Crackdown Made Bitcoin Stronger

  NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden threw shade at China via Twitter, saying that Bitcoin got even stronger after the Asian super-power imposed a blanket ban on crypto-activities and made it a punishable offence.

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  They Sheltered Edward Snowden In Hong Kong. Now, Granted Asylum In Canada

  Four Sri Lankan refugees who hid Edward Snowden in their tiny Hong Kong apartments when he was on the run after exposing NSA spying landed in Canada on Tuesday where they were granted asylum, ending years in limbo.

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  After ExpressVPN CIO Named in UAE Surveillance Scandal; Edward Snowden Says Stop Using It

  Edward Snowden has asked people to stop using ExpressVPN in a tweet after the US Justice Department revealed in court records that the company's CIO and two others worked on a surveillance operation for the UAE government.

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  Apple's Internal Memo Acknowledges 'Misunderstandings' About Its New Photo Screening Features: Report

  Apple reportedly shared a memo internally acknowledging the “misunderstandings” around the new features aimed at protecting children. It also emphasised that these features are important for keeping children safe. The Cupertino giant recently announced it will implement a system that checks photos on iPhone devices in the United States before t...

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  Signal Tops App Store and Google Play Charts in India and US, Thanks to WhatsApp Privacy Change

  Signal is on the top position on Google Play top charts in the US, UK, Germany, Lebanon, and France regions. In Brazil and Singapore, Signal sits on the third position on Google Play similar to the Indian market.

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  Signal and Telegram Seeing Huge Waves of New Users Amid WhatsApp Privacy Row

  After WhatsApp's new privacy policy, users are switching in droves to Signal and Telegram. The movement to leave Facebook-owned WhatsApp grew even stronger after whistleblower Edward Snowden recommended Signal as well. Asked for a reason to trust Signal, Snowden replied, “Here's a reason: I use it every day and I'm not dead yet.”