Edward Snowden: Zcash Is 'Most Interesting Bitcoin Alternative'

Re:Edward Snowden: Zcash Is 'Most Interesting Bitcoin Altern... by kafkaesq on Saturday September 30, 2017 @05:25PM (#15375063)

I don't think he had more technical capability than a typical SharePoint administrator at the time of his leaks.

Well again there were several journalistic pieces at the time that summarized his work both for the CIA and as a contractor that (taken together) make it pretty clear that, while he's not like some domain expert, his crypto and security skills (before the leak) went significantly beyond that of a typical sysadmin. And again, they're pretty easy to find my keyword searching and the like.

I flubbed the detail about the VPN though -- apparently all he did for Poitras was set her up with a (significantly) enhanced mail drop.

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Re:Edward Snowden: Zcash Is 'Most Interesting Bitcoin Altern... by linkregister on Monday October 02, 2017 @01:08PM (#15385689)

While at the CIA, he occupied a traditional Active Directory administrator position overseas. Prior to that, he was doing physical security, I believe.

His Dell position in Japan was possibly more broad, I don't know. His Dell position in Hawaii, however, was rote SharePoint and Active Directory administration, according to the articles I've read.

I'm interested in reading a credible article about his skills in cryptography, etc. if you have them on hand.

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Re:Edward Snowden: Zcash Is 'Most Interesting Bitcoin Altern... by kafkaesq on Wednesday October 04, 2017 @02:07PM (#15402716)

I don't follow him too closely, actually, so I wouldn't have the articles handy. But as I recall the WP for him was pretty thick with references as to the details of his various gigs.

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