29C3 Panel: Jesselyn Radack, Thomas Drake, William Binney on whistleblowing and surveillance

Why HN readers recommended it

Recommended as a first-hand account from NSA whistleblowers, often linked in surveillance and Snowden threads.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

thisdayinwikileaks

Topic

whistleblowing and surveillance

Format

talk

Level

general

HN recommenders in dataset

3

HN mentions in dataset

6

Recommendation years in dataset

2013–2017

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From the original HN conversations

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• > Especially impressed by Thomas. If you haven't seen it, I suggest watching Thomas Drake's talk[1] at 29c3. [1] [VIDEO] (although I've linked to Thomas Drake's talk, the other talks by Jesselyn Radack and William Binney in the same video are also worth watching)

• Google's growing G+ surveillance is a worry. This is why after watching the 29C3 keynote ( [LINK] ) and whistleblower panel ( [VIDEO] ) a couple of days ago I blocked all the main google domains (mail, maps, G+, accounts, picasa, etc.) via /etc/hosts and …

• Also from last year's 29c3: Jesselyn Radack, Thomas Drake & William Binney, "Enemies of the State: What Happens When Telling the Truth about Secret US Government Power Becomes a Crime": [VIDEO]