Edward Snowden

Edward Snowden @Snowden

Whether we like it or not, adversaries and allies share a common environment, and with each passing day, we become increasingly dependent on devices that run a common code. https://t.co/9ahiR1MOz4 — PolitiTweet.org

Edward Snowden @Snowden

RT @lorenzofb: This is one of the news outlets part of the international investigation into surveillance abuses. This is how India’s auth… — PolitiTweet.org

Edward Snowden @Snowden

RT @laurentrichard0: What a week. #PegasusProject https://t.co/mXQ73CfYXk — PolitiTweet.org

Edward Snowden @Snowden

The NSO Group is running a disinformation campaign to undermine the Pegasus Project—because of course they are—but @Amnesty just demolished it: — PolitiTweet.org

Edward Snowden @Snowden

RT @karunanundy: Wouldn't you love to listen to @Snowden talking to @AgnesCallamard, who runs Amnesty, that did the tech work to uncover #P… — PolitiTweet.org

Edward Snowden @Snowden

RT @cdeloire: 2/2 But so is the total lack of regulation, transparency, accountability, denounced by @RSF_inter and others for years. So do… — PolitiTweet.org

Edward Snowden @Snowden

RT @cdeloire: 1/2 Israel lawmaker @Ram_Ben_Barak has got it: Yes, #NSOgroup's supplying #Pegasus to "irresponsible bodies" that, guess what… — PolitiTweet.org

Edward Snowden @Snowden

This is very much worth reading. Daniel Hale did a brave and important thing for the United States, and what is being done to him in response is a national disgrace. https://t.co/8biWTJOlPz — PolitiTweet.org

Edward Snowden @Snowden

RT @Rozen_J: "What the #PegasusProject has revealed is a sector where their only product are infection vectors," @Snowden explains. "They d… — PolitiTweet.org

Edward Snowden @Snowden

RT @kevincollier: It also occurs to me how similar NSO's and Facebook's recent defenses are. Both say they can't be responsible for abuse o… — PolitiTweet.org

Edward Snowden @Snowden

RT @kevincollier: I can't believe NSO's illustrious history of transparency with the press has come to an end https://t.co/nLEpXJCtvW — PolitiTweet.org

Edward Snowden @Snowden

RT @amnesty: We need to work together to end unlawful targeted surveillance. As @Snowden said, we need to change the game ✊ ACT NOW >> htt… — PolitiTweet.org

Edward Snowden @Snowden

RT @amnesty: |￣￣￣￣￣￣ ￣ | | END | | UNLAWFUL | | TARGETED | |SURVEILLANCE | | ＿＿＿＿＿ ____| (\__/) || (•ㅅ… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ryangrim: Biden Advisers Ride on Pegasus Spyware https://t.co/zeUOxKRq2Z — PolitiTweet.org

Edward Snowden @Snowden

@rj_gallagher Yeah, his story changes every time. — PolitiTweet.org

Edward Snowden @Snowden

@rj_gallagher I get it. I'm underlining that we already know it is tied to NSO based on the results of forensic examination (a ~50% hit rate!). NSO is probably the only entity that can explain the origin of the list, and all Hulio's statement shows is that he is happy to lie to avoid doing so. — PolitiTweet.org

Edward Snowden @Snowden

@rj_gallagher This is probably hard to believe, but it is worth considering the possibility that shady spyware merchants are not being entirely truthful regarding reporting that is detrimental to their business. — PolitiTweet.org

Edward Snowden @Snowden

@rj_gallagher Finally: yet again, we have Hulio claiming he can "look up" who was targeted (as in his denial of targeting the FT editor), as he did in the Khashoggi case. At the same time, NSO claims to have no visibility into their customers' use of these systems. Both can't be true. — PolitiTweet.org

Edward Snowden @Snowden

@rj_gallagher Here's the question: if the list of numbers was delivered from Mars, so long as forensically examining many of the phones bearing those numbers were in fact infected by Pegasus, who should we look to for an explanation? The answer is not the Martians, but NSO. — PolitiTweet.org

Edward Snowden @Snowden

@rj_gallagher Every story makes it clear that the 50k figure refers to a superset of people who were entered into a system (such as for HLR lookups), but did not necessarily have exploits launched against them. Hulio is trying to muddy the waters without commenting on confirmed infections. — PolitiTweet.org

Edward Snowden @Snowden

@rj_gallagher You do know Amnesty & Citizenlab actually examined phones whose numbers were on the list and found forensic evidence of Pegasus, right? Pretty irresponsible to amplify an obviously false statement. — PolitiTweet.org

Edward Snowden @Snowden

@PaulDiegel In 2013, I warned of "turnkey tyranny." At the time, many laughed, but who could blame them? They were not technologists—they could not yet grasp the scale of the coming disruption. Few laugh now. — PolitiTweet.org

Edward Snowden @Snowden

@PaulDiegel In Washington, London, Beijing, and Moscow, a huge fraction of the leadership communicates using iPhones and similarly vulnerable devices—alongside everyone that leadership associates with. This market, unchecked, will very soon democratize access to monitoring those devices. — PolitiTweet.org

Edward Snowden @Snowden

@PaulDiegel The idea that the great powers of our era are interested in Azerbaijian attaining strategic parity in intelligence gathering is, of course, profoundly mistaken. They simply have yet to fully grasp the threat, because the capability gap has not vanished—yet. — PolitiTweet.org

Edward Snowden @Snowden

@PaulDiegel The slogan is simple: if companies are not divested, the owners should be arrested. The exclusive product of this industry is intentional, foreseeable harm. These companies are active participants. — PolitiTweet.org

Edward Snowden @Snowden

@PaulDiegel Finally, it is crucial to understand that NSO's business would not have been possible at the scale it is today—nor the consequences it has inflicted on global society—without access to global capital from amoral firms like Novalpina Capital (Europe) and Francisco Partners (US). — PolitiTweet.org

Edward Snowden @Snowden

@PaulDiegel The most reckless hacking campaigns—such as those fueled by NSO's sales to autocrats—leave evidence that in time is often discovered. Even if Israel will not extradite those responsible, international civil and criminal liability imposes real costs, and prevents travel. — PolitiTweet.org

Edward Snowden @Snowden

@PaulDiegel We cannot stop governments from engaging in homegrown hacking. But we can with relative ease halt the international commercial market for the intrusion software that permit anyone with a few million euro under their desk to infect every iPhone in the world. — PolitiTweet.org

Edward Snowden @Snowden

@PaulDiegel We have done it before, in the case of the CBRN regulation, and it (largely) works even without universal observance, bc other states face the same risks from proliferation. Moratorium is merely triage—stops the bleeding, creating space for monitoring and enforcement. — PolitiTweet.org

Edward Snowden @Snowden

Contrast the @WashingtonPost's half-hearted editorial, suggesting with downcast eyes that Israel and Saudi Arabia could perhaps stamp a few more papers before next murdering one of their columnists, with the Guardian invoking moratorium and liability: https://t.co/mizj602fUy — PolitiTweet.org