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Appearing remotely at the Ted 2014 conference in Vancouver, National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden publicly criticized Amazon for leaking info like a sieve.
Snowden has publicly challenged the policies of major tech companies before, most notably during his live video appearance at the South by South West conference. This is, however, the first time the former NSA contractor has singled out Amazon, according to numerous conference attendees and a branch of TedX.
Calling Amazon “the world’s library,” Snowden explained that intelligence agencies are currently able to monitor whatever you read, implying negligence on the part of Amazon for not implementing proper encryption.
“If you look for the book ‘1984’ on Amazon, the NSA knows about it. All companies need to switch to encrypted browsing by default.” -Snowden
— TEDxFultonStreet (@TEDxFultonSt) March 18, 2014
The world’s library, Amazon, is unencrypted, so all the global intelligence services know what you’re looking at.” Snowden #TED
— Erik Hersman (@whiteafrican) March 18, 2014
http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/18/snowden-slams-amazon-for-leaking-cust…