Snowden offers some tweaks to improve Twitter
Edward Snowden offered the world details of US mass surveillance programs. Now, he's offering Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey his thoughts on the social network.
In a video chat on Tuesday, Snowden said he uses Twitter in a "crude" way, in part to keep other tweeters safe. He searches for information he's interested in but doesn't follow other accounts, except for @NSAgov. The reason: following other users might prompt US authorities to take an interest in them.
"I don't think that would be fair to everybody that I'm following and interested in," he said. In addition to his thoughts on Twitter, the NSA contractor-turned-whistleblower touched on familiar themes during the hour-long chat. He called on citizens to push for limits on the power governments have to conduct mass surveillance. He also urged computer scientists to develop new encryption techniques that mask where data comes from.
