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Edward Snowden Is Not Dead Despite Mysterious Tweets, Says Glenn Greenwald (inquisitr.com)
Saturday Slashdot reader MouseTheLuckyDog wrote:Some mysterious going ons on the web is causing people to ask if everything is alright with Edward Snowden. His last two tweets, since deleted, were a cryptic message...followed a few days later by a 64 character hex string. This combined with the recent move against torrents sites has the more conspiratorially oriented people speculating that perhaps he is dead and various agencies are slamming torrent sites to slow the spread of more Snowden leaks.
Saturday night The Inquisitr reported: The cryptic code tweets led many to believe that Snowden may have been captured or killed and the codes were the result of a "dead man's switch" designed to release if he did not check in to the computer at a certain time. However, a journalist with The Intercept that has worked with the whistleblower in the past says that Snowden is "fine," but would not elaborate further.
On Saturday Glenn Greenwald tweeted simply, "He's fine". While Snowden's first tweet was reported as "It's time," its complete text seems to suggest Snowden was gathering information for a book. "Did you work with me? Have we talked since 2013? Please recontact me securely, or talk to @bartongellman. It's time." That tweet ended with a URL that led to a tweet by Gellman. "If you have information on the work @Snowden did in the IC, help me tell it truthfully." And Saturday night Gellman also added a message on Twitter for "everyone requesting proof" that Snowden was alive. "Take a deep breath..."
Saturday night The Inquisitr reported: The cryptic code tweets led many to believe that Snowden may have been captured or killed and the codes were the result of a "dead man's switch" designed to release if he did not check in to the computer at a certain time. However, a journalist with The Intercept that has worked with the whistleblower in the past says that Snowden is "fine," but would not elaborate further.
On Saturday Glenn Greenwald tweeted simply, "He's fine". While Snowden's first tweet was reported as "It's time," its complete text seems to suggest Snowden was gathering information for a book. "Did you work with me? Have we talked since 2013? Please recontact me securely, or talk to @bartongellman. It's time." That tweet ended with a URL that led to a tweet by Gellman. "If you have information on the work @Snowden did in the IC, help me tell it truthfully." And Saturday night Gellman also added a message on Twitter for "everyone requesting proof" that Snowden was alive. "Take a deep breath..."
Yes, Eric Snowden, the unfortunately named character has been quite suicidal after being denied his trip to Barbados.
If I was dead, the first thing I'd do is get someone to tweet to say I was alive in order to cover up the fact! This is blatently a conspiracy!!!!
Huh? I guess it's better than (TM).
Maybe he's just participating in the games?
Hex string or it didn't happen!
Russia which is harbouring Snowden has made it illegal to use encryption unless you give them a copy of the keys used.
So, how exactly is Snowden supposed to be conversing with others without friendly old Vlad listening in?
Democracy is a sheep and two wolves deciding what to have for lunch. Freedom is a well armed sheep contesting the issue
He's just pining for the fjords.
#DeleteChrome
you'd be cryptic too!
hes just snowed in nothing to see here
Made ya look!
“He’s not deformed, he’s just drunk!”
Ignorant shitstains
Since he has such a refined conscience, I figured he blabbed about injustice in his new motherland. Putin and his minions know how to deal with such problems. Usually it involves the discharge of a Makarov variety to the posterior of the cranium.
BRB.
You should probably get some military experience before you declare yourself an expert on warfare.
He should probably work on a passing familiarity with the situation as it happened before aiming that high.
"Greenwald who arranged to have Snowden in Chinese controlled territory when the news was first released"
I think this would come as a shock to everyone involved to learn, for one thing...
Have you considered a career as a fiction writer?
So snowden posted ffdae96f8dd292374a966ec8b57d9cc680ce1d23cb7072c522efe32a1a7e34b0 before it was removed.
Remember, back in the heat of the Snowden affair, it was rumored that he had established an insurance stash of files. And during that same time frame the existence of a hoard of Wikileaks insurance files was revealed. https://nakedsecurity.sophos.c... These files files were in three traunches - 3.6GB, 49GB, and 349GB. Supposedly these were encrypted with AES256. The string posted by Snowden is 256 bits long. Has anyone tried opening the Wikileaks files with this string?
... just confirm it himself by holding up a paper from today and saying "I'm not dead"?
I think Snowden/Greenward/Gellman are working on a book, and these tweets were targeted at a source who was willing to confirm some of the information Snowden told Gellman for the book.
The first message was telling that person it was time for the person to start with the interview. The person was rightfully paranoid and wanted a way to arrange a secure communication channel with Snowden or Gellman.
So the second message was a public key saying "you'll know messages are legit because they'll be signed with this key" (so some other encrypted info about setting up a secure channel).
Both messages were public so that no one could tell who the intended recipient was.
When the person got the info and the secure communications got set up Snowden deleted the tweets.
I stole this Sig
How well do they pay you to post stuff like that? No, really, I could use the money and no one with a brain would take that shit seriously, so no harm done on my part either.
If I didn't want some guy killed or some place attacked and I could not do anything to stop my country from doing it... that is a good indicator it's time to ponder whether it is really *my* country.
" It's time " was the last words spoken by Jack Bauer on "24" before he died. It was used as the start-up sound on the ibook.
wouldn't THEY!
> our precious traitor isn't getting enough of the news cycle to keep his 800 pound ego fed.
no, this is about Snowden, not assange.
captcha: slanders
as opposed to the loving embrace of vlad putin...
you crack me up
++insightful, and it has obviously touched a raw nerve with the snowden fanbois
Snowden is like the Founding Fathers of America.
For the people.
The Founding Fathers were a revolutionary group, diverse in their professions and yet unified in their goal: American liberty.
Reference:
http://www.ourtp.org/blogs/blog/our-turning-point/personal-responsibility/2012/03/17/what-did-the-founding-fathers-want-for-america
This is just an attempt by Snowden and his pet journalists
Is that you Donald?
An average policeman's or security officer's salary in Russia is not that impressive. So an offer of a large sum of money plus a citizenship of a rich country could theoretically buy an information leading to his capture or worse.
Obviously Edward is not in safety at all. I would not be surprised if it ends up similar to Osama's case. It is just a matter of money and consequently resources to be invested. Money talks...
I think he realized russia is mad crook lol.. don't wanna get that polonium poisoning
I can understand the principle behind this, but don't see why the message(s) put out by it should be cryptic. If something bad happened to me, I'd want a clear "Help! I've been kidnapped!!" message, not some cryptic "My first is in Kiitten but not in cat..." type of thing
Just speculating, but: With Linux desktops, copy&paste can be confusing, as there are usually several buffers. What if he tweeted some important secret key by accident and is now in big trouble trying to save what can be saved?
Mistress Of Edward Snowden Pronounces Snowden Dead In Russia
http://getoffthebs.com/snowden-dead-in-russia/
what if he was merely telling a loved one to Be sure to drink your Ovaltine? may mean nothen at all to rest of us.