He gave a lecture at the HOPE conference <\/p>\n
Former U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) contractor Edward Snowden is dedicating his time to teaching everyday people about technologies that allowfor anonymouscommunicationand message encryption. <\/p>\n
According to Reuters, Snowden recently spoke to attendees at theNew York City conference called Hackers On Planet Earth (HOPE) -- via video, of course, since he's still in Moscow -- about technologies that can protect citizens from government snooping. <\/p>\n
\"You in this room, right now have both the means and thecapability to improve the future by encoding our rights intoprograms and protocols by which we rely every day,\" said Snowden. <\/p>\n
\"That is what a lot of my future work is going to beinvolved in.\" <\/p>\n
One of the technologies included a system called SecureDrop, which allows people to anonymously leak documents to journalists. <\/p>\n
Itwas later revealed that Snowdenconned between 20 to 25 NSA employees togive him theirlogin credentials and passwordswhile working at theNSA regional operations center for a month in Hawaii.Snowden reportedly told the NSA employees that he needed their passwords in order to do his job, and after downloading secret NSA documents, he leaked the information to the media. <\/p>\n
After the leaks, Snowden ended up in Moscow, Russia.He requested to extend his Russian visa earlier this month, since it expires at the end of July. But the U.S. wantsRussiato send him home to face criminal charges for the NSA leaks. <\/p>\n
Source: Reuters <\/p>\n
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