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A comment on Greenwald: "The Sunday Times’ Snowden Story Is Journalism at Its Worst".

Re:Greenwald: "The Sunday Times’ Snowden Story Is Journalism... by clamprecht on Sunday June 14, 2015 @11:44AM (#9715263)
One question though: If Snowden had everything stored on USB "thumb drives" rather than laptops, why did he lug 4 laptops to Hong Kong?
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Re:Greenwald: "The Sunday Times’ Snowden Story Is Journalism... by riskable on Sunday June 14, 2015 @11:58AM (#9715317)
In his situation finding a "safe" laptop that hasn't been backdoored or vulnerable to known (to spies) vulnerabilities is difficult. He has a much higher risk than the average person.

It is likely that he brought as many laptops as he could because sourcing new ones (should one get compromised) is difficult.

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