Crytpo Geeks and Hackers as Guardians of Internet Freedom

Socialist website Counterfire’s Marienna Pope-Weidemann assesses the ‘transnational surveillance state’ and ‘cypherpunks’ as self-appointed whistleblowers.

Jacob recounts the numerous occasions he has been detained by the FBI and immigration officials, usually in countries with lax judicial rights. He has had equipment confiscated and been denied access to both lawyers and bathrooms while being interrogated on his position on the Iraq War, and given explanations for this treatment such as: ‘you work on Tor’ and ‘you were sitting next to Julian, what do you expect?’


It’s a long read, but very informative. Worth the investment if you care about the way pervasive high speed global communication is reshaping our world.

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