Edward Snowden Has Three Security Tips For You

Edward Snowden made his first live webcast appearance this month at the SXSW conference. The WSJ's Thomas Di Fonzo spotlights three of Snowden's online security tips.
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[@gogl0l386]

Ah that makes sense, he is hiding in Saul Goodman's office

[@prodbydramatic]

haha that's funny Breaking bad joke for anyone not given this a billion thumbs up

[@s8v1]

3 months later and this still remains one of my favorite comments

[@emiogawa86]

Nahh didn't saw him since i gave him some vacuum cleaner guy's bcard

[@jcons114]

Just a correction: Windows Pro edition has Bitlocker, Home edition does not. You have to pay for the upgrade.

[@richardravenclaw318]

not exactly right. home edition has bitlocker that can do full disc encryption only. you need pro or enterprise to encrypt removeable storage devices as well.

[@vasileiospgr]

02:13 "Use TOR... and is used by criminals..." didn't expect anything else from the Wall Street Journal

[@ChrisCampbell95]

Id expect better work from WSJ. The audio of music in the background during this is WAY beyond -6db. Please fire the video producer behind this, they did a horrendous job.

[@crollinsphoto]

Who cares about the audio of the background, it is the info contained within that is important.

[@justin-hurd]

@@crollinsphoto the info contained wasn't all that great to begin with, it was summed up info about what snowdin said. theres better privacy methods out there, and what was included here, was just a few basics.

[@crollinsphoto]

@@justin-hurd Yeah probably, it was still greater info than anything I have heard since my stint in the Navy.

[@NickThomson1]

@@crollinsphoto Nope. They gave some really bad advice. The best advice there was ghostery and duck duck go. Don't listen to their advice on Tor, it's not just another more secure browser (that's a bit slow). It's another world

[@jacksnyder7318]

Here's a tip, accept the internet is a (fish bowl) and you have no privacy. Keep anything classified off the net.

[@user-qw7hb4du6z]

But, that’s not actual security. That’s just the basics

[@prodbydramatic]

but your average don't know but your right

[@kekwnet]

@George P linux or any open source is better

[@samal3196]

Security is everything, including the basics.

[@julianperry4767]

It's sad how many every day people, even 4 years later from your comment now in 2022 still don't understand the basics. You've got people using 'password' as their literal password still, and reusing that on every website.

[@obowurx6625]

The fact that this is coming from WSJ makes me believe all these tips have been compromised

[@casino130]

The Wallstreet Journal is endorsing Edward Snowden? I’m suspicious, I trust Snowden more than WSJ

[@traumabasedmindcontrol8259]

Don't get paranoid. When something goes viral and there's no way to stop it, eventually even the corrupt newspapers who are on the side of the corrupt government make money on it. Once something goes viral it is impossible to stop it, we might as well take advantage of it to make money on it.

[@dianeclark8256]

I would trust him before I would anyone else!

[@berkanttahirov1645]

That's why his security tips are on KZbin LOL 😂😂 very smart 👏

[@luckysol7486]

I ADORE EDWARD SNOWDEN !

[@animosity4u85]

lucky sol why

[@dianeclark8256]

You gotta love him.

[@crazysquirrel9425]

Plenty not mentioned in the video. PLENTY. In the USA, civil courts can legally ORDER you to hand over your passwords. So HD encryption is useless. HD Encryption prevents only some people from accessing your stuff. Windows has built in back doors and so to HD makers.

[@LordArioh]

If you want privacy, quit internet and all modern gadgets. If you have lots of money to protect, hire a security specialist. If you want to relax, just have no money or anything worth stealing.

[@MiraSmit]

Government agencies are already able to comprimise Tor nodes. If you use Tor, use whonix in virtual box or tails.

[@perisaizidanehanapi7931]

Am I missing anything? 1. Hard drive encryption 2. DuckDuckGo 3. Ghostery 4. Tor

[@traumabasedmindcontrol8259]

no, nothing

[@samsam18200]

The constant bombardment of porn music really ads to the credibility of this report.

[@GilesFAhrun]

> Laughs in VeraCrypt

[@Olando89]

#1 don’t use social media.

[@Olando89]

goduskychris Chris Godusky Yeah, you can’t win.

[@Olando89]

E Fox True, true

[@dianeclark8256]

You don't have to have a smart TV.... satellite radio is the same way

[@justin-hurd]

"forget firfox, and use tor, its used by criminals to hide their identity." you could not have worded that worst mate. Firefox can be set up for privacy, and tor isn't used mainly by criminals, mostly by journalists, governments, as well as whistleblowers and pro+ privacy users. please don't give he onion a bad name. -rep EDIT if you want real privacy, heres some better tips look into keeping a stock laptop, as just a cover device, and set it in the BIOS to run from USB instead of harddrive on boot, so you can use a thing called TAILS OS, which is a Linux distro. look into file encrytion software thats open source, and create dummy files to mix up your Dir in case someone gets a hold of your stuff. if your using persistent storage on your tails usb (which i'd advise against in most circumstances) make sure to understand and fully trust the software your using on it, as well as the places your going on with it. TOR isn't a miricle to online privacy, theres still ways to be tracked through it, however not easilly. your best bet is to have a custom VPN, on a public network with a disquised IP address, and only connected to the internet when you need to be. NUMBER ONE RULE if you want privacy, get off the internet. it wasn't built with privacy in mind in the first place, theres much safer ways to keep your privacy offline. or just play greyman, and try to blend in with the mases. works for most anyways.

[@aerincollins1175]

I got a question for ya. What if.. like you said, use VPN with Tor. If a foreignistic search been done on my pc , will info still he leaked where I've visited or things I've entered, typed, website visited, email ??

[@FinlayDaG33k]

@@aerincollins1175 Theoretically speaking, no... But there might still be ways for forensics to find out anyways through correlation... Also, don't bother using a VPN, if anything, it increases the chance of you getting caught since that VPN now knows that your account (with your billing details) was connected to the TOR at 1350... If you also are unfortunate to have something else leaking (eg. DNS requests) then they can correlate very quickly what you've done...

[@aerincollins1175]

@@FinlayDaG33k oh ok. A good idea is to slam a hammer through the hard drive lol. But it's just for personal safety I use with vpn. I think these websites try to install so many add ons to track everything your doing . Mostly if I use tor is either for reading . I've never downloaded any audio books or anything at all. But I read upon people who get caught doing allot of illegal things

[@FinlayDaG33k]

@@aerincollins1175 Use Tails ("hit and run") or QubesOS ("for sticking around a bit more"). Using Windows with TOR isn't going to accomplish much since you'll be leaking metadata all over the place. I honestly don't use a VPN at all (only one that I have running at home), public VPN services aren't to great for privacy...

[@aerincollins1175]

@@FinlayDaG33k I tried tails but it wouldn't load. Even on a fresh hard drive. I'm not using tor anymore for reading. But the vpn I'd still there . On a daily basis I use the duck duck go on firefox with the vpn. But i really though the vpn would protect privacy. Just to ask. If you're just browsing around and not downloading anything off to ur pc will it still be worth using tor. Is metadata still stored by going through online reading or visiting websites. I've read that going on the dark web just is safe unless doing illegal downloads.

[@julianperry4767]

For maximum security I write my search queries onto a small piece of paper, I tie it to the leg of a carrier pidgeon, I set the pidgeon free and await the search results when he flys back. Good luck intercepting that big gov!

[@iceseic]

birds aren't real, they're drones operated by the United States government to spy. good luck buddy

[@crollinsphoto]

He never shared the tip on encrypting your emails with PGP, whether as a stand alone program or an Outlook or Thunderbird plugin.

[@crollinsphoto]

@NuggetOfBlueGold True. Me and my friends may be the only ones. I'd say it is mostly "won't" instead of "can't". Yep, sheep that are on their way to the slaughter sad to say.

[@LivingDead53]

I'm not even going to pretend I can protect myself. Most people don't have time for this, and children and young adults often don't know why it's important. In other news, I need a camera that can find items around my apartment as well as assisting me in organizing. I've always had problems with being messy due to executive functions, but after December especially, I have a very poor short-term memory. Come on in Big Brother. Smiles to myself. Someone is going to have to see me. Benjamin Franklin once said: "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." Well, it's 2021, I think, and we have to address a new type of society and danger.

[@g3n3ricnam35]

bitlocker has NSA access

[@JuzRaza]

0:56- You can't encrypt SSDs reliably, now can you? :(

[@Semelem]

I’m shocked they haven’t deleted this video

[@FinlayDaG33k]

Encrypting hard drives does pretty much nothing against prying eyes though... All it does is keep your data locked away in case you lose the device or it gets stolen... Once unlocked, it does nothing against keeping Windows from looking inside.

[@ClaymorePvP]

why did you copy someones comment? stop trying to act smart

[@kenjboyd6233]

Are you trying to say that Ed Snowden would tell us that we should use Microsoft BitLocker?! He would never say that because he knows that Microsoft is the source of almost all windows malware, and BitLocker is just one of their many tools in their current control set.

[@techhelpportalextras3007]

Linux master race

[@charliejeans2413]

Australia is brining in laws that all service provider, give ALL and ANY information without a warrant. If passed then all internet service providers will have to comply or risk huge fines. Even with VPN your history is with the provider answer ? Become the server ?

[@jewelbennett5446]

Never happier

[@ChronicNewb]

Giving a blanket recommendation just to "use tor" without any warnings or conditions is pretty dangerous

[@funjunkyy]

What should be dangerous about tor? Tor is not automaticly the dark web. You need to look for ".onion" websites to get to hidden servers. You can use tor for surfing the clearweb just like any other browser but still will have the anonymity benefits. Nothing scary.

[@ChronicNewb]

@@funjunkyy Because all your traffic goes through a series of nodes that anyone could be sniffing. Sometimes, it makes more sense not to use Tor.

[@richardravenclaw318]

@@ChronicNewb it's true that tor can have malicious links but they are quickly discovered and disabled. there is a vetting process required for those who wish to host tor which keeps out most of the bad apples.

[@SherinSunny-rj3py]

Tor is not only used by criminals only but by even journalist s and some government s too

[@officergregorystevens5765]

Instead of sticking your phone in a microwave to shield it from any RF why not just take the battery out?

[@emilianogarcia6272]

back up batteries are usually and secretly placed in phones.

[@FluorescentGreen5]

I just tested this, Microwave ovens only shields off wifi, as it is essentially the same frequency as microwaves, cellular signals will still go through, this includes 4G

[@igrewold]

Faraday cage bags/cases...etc. www.instructables.com/id/Faraday-Cage-Phone-Pouch/

[@crollinsphoto]

Because not all cell phones have batteries that can be removed, mine can't.

[@angeld7689]

Charles Rollins exactly

[@methatlovescats3602]

Only 3

[@SevenDeMagnus]

Cool

[@salooo7e]

What about android or iOS ?

[@wiredmind]

You can access Tor on Android. You may also be able to encrypt your phone, but I'm uncertain because I don't use an Android phone personally. On iOS, you can use Safari Private Mode as well as the DuckDuckGo app or website along with a VPN. Make sure you're always on the latest version of iOS if security is a concern (currently iOS 11)

[@dylan7047]

IOS in general is a quite secure OS. You don't really need to worry as much about security as much of it is already taken care of.

[@kekwnet]

@Fez Paladin apple is way worse with their walled garden approach you can flash custom roms on android and relock the bootloader(for security) the rom will give you the privacy you need and F-droid is a repositary of open source android apps which will replace privacy invasive play store apps

[@watef3]

Better call Saul

[@NickThomson1]

Use Tor to access Gmail! Great idea guys :) The only issue, it's a bit slower.

[@roylastname9367]

"access gmail" This is already a bad idea.

[@Buzzy1960]

Leave the Hollywood music off

[@Trusted-VPNcom]

Using a VPN is also a very secure way to surf the internet.

[@curiousgeorge1508]

Stfu

[@MCPEngu1]

What about torguard

[@kekwnet]

No you have to completely trust the vpn service many times they sell your data

[@andrewdodds4249]

Passwords that are strong= Never use anything friends and family and or colleagues would know such as birthday favourite food type of car birthdays ect. Never use common passwords search em up. Never use words that can be found In a dictionary. Use complicated random passwords 10-30 letter random combinations. Example: Vfghdxvfe_890@ Encrypt Hard drive Encrypt All USB's Use a trusted VPN over trusted Proxys. Use Tails or Linux OS. Use recommended add ons fir windows or chrome HTTPS everywhere Privacy badger ect. A VPN nested with abit a few trusted proxys I can imagine make it's harder for hackers to attack you or steal Info. You can type up safety recommendations for any OS just read and research what you should have. Encrypt everything as much as possible USB'S (Flash drives the things you stick into the side for storing memory.) Encrypt Hard Drives. Change Passwords every 1-16 weeks. I'm sure Microsoft or Google or something g changes it every 40 days on thier systems Please note don't use Tor for regular web searches I can Imagien it only hides data from like websites. I was told Tor along with Tails or whatever is for Anonmity hoe Is using tor for regular searches and online banking being anonymous? Tor with other safety techniques and tips are for anonmity or invading ISP and Law authorities not for everyday use. Just nesting proxys with a VPN or just a VPN will kepl hackers at bay. I wouldn't use Tor for regular things your supposed to change browsing habits and not log into anything you would kn the normal internet this deanonymizes you. If anyone is monitoring tor nodes and see you logged into your bank ect. Anything personal or logging into somethin perosnal like you would on the normal internet would tell whoever watching you with high accuracy who you are. Tor was not made to do online banking and using social media's. 90% of the internet activity and web things you do at home should never be done on Tor. (Socail medias, online banking, paying bills you should not be using Tor.) Also using well recommended things like Anti Malware and anti spyware anti virus ect. Keep scanning them fully every few days everything you download scan it first for a while. Get well recommended ones only. This Is just general safety advice for keeping hackers and website trackers at bay. I'll leave some help links later.

[@cheesegood733]

I've heard that a password like "Hey i am a cow" is safer that "Vfghdxvfe_890@"

[@cheesegood733]

@Fez Paladin it's easier to get a password like "8x27zdj4ks"

[@soalfisk4862]

Ai can brute force encryption quickly and easily

[@dominicklicciardi]

Depends on the key size. 56 bit key will take an hour, 128 bit key could take 530000000000000000 years, 256 bit key will take 180000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 years.

[@leeanucha]

he is a paranoider. too much drug? just kidding

[@mutalix]

roflmao isnt snowden controlled opposition? Besides the face that wall street journal is owned by conglomerates of big media? Tor is a good choice though lol

[@haroldclawson8397]

He never shared the tip on encrypting your emails with PGP, whether as a stand alone program or an Outlook or Thunderbird plugin.

[@mr.salamander1399]

what is that

[@FinlayDaG33k]

Encrypting hard drives does pretty much nothing against prying eyes though... All it does is keep your data locked away in case you lose the device or it gets stolen... Once unlocked, it does nothing against keeping Windows from looking inside.

[@ClaymorePvP]

why did you copy someones comment? stop trying to act smart

[@FinlayDaG33k]

Encrypting hard drives does pretty much nothing against prying eyes though... All it does is keep your data locked away in case you lose the device or it gets stolen... Once unlocked, it does nothing against keeping Windows from looking inside.

[@FinlayDaG33k]

Encrypting hard drives does pretty much nothing against prying eyes though... All it does is keep your data locked away in case you lose the device or it gets stolen... Once unlocked, it does nothing against keeping Windows from looking inside.

[@FinlayDaG33k]

Encrypting hard drives does pretty much nothing against prying eyes though... All it does is keep your data locked away in case you lose the device or it gets stolen... Once unlocked, it does nothing against keeping Windows from looking inside.

[@ClaymorePvP]

why did you copy someones comment? stop trying to act smart

[@FinlayDaG33k]

Encrypting hard drives does pretty much nothing against prying eyes though... All it does is keep your data locked away in case you lose the device or it gets stolen... Once unlocked, it does nothing against keeping Windows from looking inside.

[@ClaymorePvP]

why did you copy someones comment? stop trying to act smart

[@FinlayDaG33k]

@@ClaymorePvP I didn't?

[@FinlayDaG33k]

Encrypting hard drives does pretty much nothing against prying eyes though... All it does is keep your data locked away in case you lose the device or it gets stolen... Once unlocked, it does nothing against keeping Windows from looking inside.

[@ClaymorePvP]

why did you copy someones comment? stop trying to act smart

[@richardravenclaw318]

to use the device you'll have to unlock the encryption or you cant look inside either. i'm not seeing the point of your comment.

[@FinlayDaG33k]

@@richardravenclaw318 Because it isn't as simple as "encrypt drive, be done". Read my comment again: "once unlocked, it does nothing against keeping Windows from looking inside". a.k.a: Once you have booted your Windows completely, it can spy on you just fine, despite having an encrypted harddrive.

[@FinlayDaG33k]

Encrypting hard drives does pretty much nothing against prying eyes though... All it does is keep your data locked away in case you lose the device or it gets stolen... Once unlocked, it does nothing against keeping Windows from looking inside.

[@ClaymorePvP]

why did you copy someones comment? stop trying to act smart