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Re:Hackers Steal Phone, SMS Records for Nearly All AT&T Cust... by booleandilemma on Friday July 12, 2024 @03:21PM (#40948583)
What do you think would have happened to him if he had stayed here?

The last whistleblower the US government got to was imprisoned for seven years and identifies as a woman now.

Snowden would be crazy to come anywhere near the US.

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Re:Hackers Steal Phone, SMS Records for Nearly All AT&T Cust... by blueblob on Friday July 12, 2024 @03:52PM (#40948802)
The parent wasn't arguing he should come back but saying that "defected" is not the correct word. The correct phrase is probably "took asylum."
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Re:Hackers Steal Phone, SMS Records for Nearly All AT&T Cust... by 1d22a on Friday July 12, 2024 @03:33PM (#40948661)
I'm not sure why gender identity is relevant. I agree that the punishments he would have gotten for whistleblowing justify him not staying in the US.
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Re:Hackers Steal Phone, SMS Records for Nearly All AT&T Cust... by nolok on Friday July 12, 2024 @03:51PM (#40948795)
He didn't disagree with the need to leave for Snowden, he said it wasn't a defection.

Snowden hasn't defected the US anymore than the Dalai Lama has been deflected Tibet.

I guess "went into exile" would be the proper naming.

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