Lesepflicht: Interview mit Edward Snowden

Wer hier länger mitliest weiß, dass ich Lesepflichten nicht leichtfertig ausspreche. Bei diesem NY-Times-Interview mit Edward Snowden ist das Prädikat Lesepflicht allerdings durchaus angebracht.

Were you surprised that Glenn did not respond to your requests and instructions for encrypted communication?

E.S.: Yes and no. I know journalists are busy and had assumed being taken seriously would be a challenge, especially given the paucity of detail I could initially offer. At the same time, this is 2013, and a journalist who regularly reported on the concentration and excess of state power. I was surprised to realize that there were people in news organizations who didn’t recognize any unencrypted message sent over the Internet is being delivered to every intelligence service in the world. In the wake of this year’s disclosures, it should be clear that unencrypted journalist-source communication is unforgivably reckless.

| Abgelegt unter The power game, Weltrevolution
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