Comment on NSA ’just days from taking over the internet’ warns Edward Snowden
stembolts@programming.dev 8 months agoHow do you mean? What did he do besides have his passport revoked in Russia?
I’m out of the loop.
Has he made some pro-Putin statements since?
ChokingHazard63@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
theguardian.com/…/edward-snowden-gets-russian-pas…
CowsLookLikeMaps@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
It sucks but what else was he supposed to do? He had no passport and if he got extradited to the USA then he’d spend years of a life sentence in solitary confinement at a CMU prison or worse. Take one look at how the US government treats those they consider terrorists and you’ll understand his decision.
Obligatory fuck Putin and his war on Ukraine.
awwwyissss@lemm.ee 8 months ago
As another commenter said, Chelsea Manning is already out. Snowden wouldn’t be considered a terrorist.
Euphoma@lemmy.ml 8 months ago
Imo its understandable since he’s going to have to live in russia for the rest of his life if he doesn’t want to live in a US prison for the rest of his life.
stembolts@programming.dev 8 months ago
I suppose I don’t understand the alternative, doesn’t the United States ask immigrants to do a similar type of pledge? I kinda expect most countries do. Seems logical. I could be wrong about that, maybe immigrants don’t have to pledge loyalty to the US for citizenship? I’ll have to look it up.
I guess to me it seems disingenuous to judge someone for making arrangements to live in a country he cannot leave. He is forced to stay there by the United States, it wasn’t a choice.
Anyway I could definitely be missing something here but I can’t think of what he could have done differently, what would you have done in that situation?
I have a lot of respect for Snowden because he showed us how little respect the United States has for obeying its own laws. The laws which are based on our supposed virtues. The US violated every principle it proclaimed that American citizens had. We never had then. Turns out we’re just as crooked as the countries we judge.
ChokingHazard63@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
At this point it’s less about trusting Snowden and more about not trusting Russia. I wouldn’t put it past Russia to find a way to speak on his behalf and say what they want with his voice, power, and reach. That’s tantalizing. AI, Photoshop, social media posts, whatever. He’s under their control willingly or otherwise.
stembolts@programming.dev 8 months ago
I look at the content of what he says, I haven’t noticed any straying from the original message yet. But if I do I would of course react accordingly. Every interview I have seen, and I haven’t seen them all, his views have been measured and enlightening.
As far as LLMs (AI doesn’t exist), it’s far too nascient to be undetected. Like ad-blockers and advertisers, there is a permanent war between LLM output and LLM detectors. In this battle, the detectors have, by far, the upper hand. In five years, who knows. But I work I’m tech and dabble in my own models. The LLM tech of today is extremely primitive.