Snowden Warns US’ Push to Scrap Encryption All ‘About Power’ Rather Than Public Safety

AFP 2019 JORG CARSTENSEN

Former National Security Agency (NSA) contractor Edward Snowden has been in self-imposed exile in Russia since 2013, when he leaked a trove of top-secret information from the NSA regarding global surveillance programs conducted by Washington, in a move that has sparked widespread concerns over personal privacy.

In his op-ed for The Guardian, US whistleblower Edward Snowden specifically focused on the repercussions of alleged plans by the US, Britain and Australia to make Facebook create a backdoor into the social network’s encrypted messaging apps that he warned may allow governments to obtain “unlimited” access to private communications.  

The article, titled “Without encryption, we will lose all privacy. This is our new battleground,” was published on Tuesday.

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