Thread: Edward Snowden and his stay in Russia

I will read up on SORM and form my own opinion.
If anything needs to be leaked about it, I hope that happens. I doubt it's anywhere near a fraction of the scale of what the NSA is up to.

Meanwhile in the land of the free & brave, from today's Guardian:

Jeremy Hammond, the Anonymous hacktivist who released millions of emails relating to the private intelligence firm Stratfor, has denounced his prosecution and lengthy prison sentence as a “vengeful, spiteful act” designed to put a chill on politically-motivated hacking.


Hammond was sentenced on Friday at federal court in Manhattan to the maximum 10 years in jail, plus three years supervised release. He had pleaded guilty to one count under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) flowing from his 2011 hack of Strategic Forecasting, Inc, known as Stratfor. In an interview with the Guardian in the Metropolitan Correction Center in New York, conducted on Thursday, he said he was resigned to a long prison term which he sees as a conscious attempt by the US authorities to put a chill on political hacking.


He had no doubt that his sentence would be long, describing it as a "vengeful, spiteful act". He said of his prosecutors: "They have made it clear they are trying to send a message to others who come after me. A lot of it is because they got slapped around, they were embarrassed by Anonymous and they feel that they need to save face.”


Most pointedly, Hammond suggested that the FBI may have manipulated him to carry out hacking attacks on “dozens” of foreign government websites. During his time with Anonymous, the loose collective of hackers working alongside WikiLeaks and other anti-secrecy groups, he was often directed by a individual known pseudonomously on the web as “Sabu”, the leader of the Anonymous-affiliated group Lulzsec, who turned out to be an FBI informant.

By the way, sorry about the bad grammar in my rant against two individuals above. I just re-read it and noticed several grammar mistakes.

Sometimes when I get really worked up, my grammar goes out the window.
Should be careful about that here, where many are trying to improve their English and don't need people setting a bad example...

I've think the trolls are here to stay, but how dare they be rude the moderator who has had the patience of an angel with their childish antics?

The trolling also prevents those of us with a genuine interest in these questions from having a serious discussion, as the topic keeps derailing into petty squabbling and insults.

Originally Posted by Paul G.

It must be "miss Bolshevichka" then.
Большевик = Bolshevik (masc.)
Большевичка = Bolshevichka (fem.)

Everyone in Russia knows about SORM. That's an open secret.
But SORM just collects information and stores it encrypted. If FSB finds out that a certain person is a terrorist or hacker, they use the information for the investigating, in court etc. It's not on-line service like in the US, when your home (or even life and health) may be ruined by police because you were searching something "dangerous" in Google.

LOL! You didn't read the articles then? Ummmm... okay.

Originally Posted by Hanna

I will read up on SORM and form my own opinion.

Another one. LOL!