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Encryption works. Properly implemented strong crypto systems are one of the few things that you can rely on. Unfortunately, endpoint security is so terrifically weak that NSA can frequently find ways around it.
Edward Snowden
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Edward Snowden
Age: 41
Born: 1983
Born: June 21
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Whistleblower
Elizabeth City
North Carolina
Edward Joseph Snowden
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