On Tuesday, WikiLeaks exposed the government surveillance of American citizens through standard household products, and Edward Snowden wasn’t surprised.
In a spurt of Twitter Inc TWTR activity, Snowden verified the authenticity of the WikiLeaks documents referencing government programs and office names known only to cleared insiders.
He outlined a brief thesis noting that most alarming feature in the 8,000-page package is the enduring security hole intentionally left by the Central Intelligence Agency for continued access.
The breach in both Apple Inc AAPL’s iOS and Alphabet Inc GOOG GOOGL’s Android operating system renders smartphone users exposed to non-government attacks.
In a tone generally vindicating conspiracy theorists, Snowden said the documents verify the U.S. government’s hushed efforts “to keep U.S. software unsafe.”
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