Snowden: Bitcoin needs better privacy

Recently Snowden was awarded the Thomas Szasz Award from the Center for Independent Thought, which was presented to him by my boss John Stossel. During the call I was able to ask Snowden about Bitcoin and the need for anonymous digital payments.

Bitcoin played an important role in the 2013 Snowden leaks: the servers that Snowden used to transfer information to journalists were paid for using bitcoin, because he didn’t want those records connected to his name.

Snowden explained to me that Bitcoin is superior to credit cards, because it's at least pseudonymous. But steps need to be taken to add privacy.

He once tweeted: "Bitcoin is great, but "if it's not private, it's not safe,"” and he said that Zcash's privacy tech makes it the most interesting Bitcoin alternative.

I asked him about all of this when we spoke.

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Awesome outro music: YT Cracker - Bitcoin Baron 💛

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Recommended Books:

Permanent Record - Edward Snowden

No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State - Glenn Greenwald

What has the government done to our money - Rothbard

Naomi's Privacy Bag: some of my favorite products to help protect your privacy!

USB-C to ethernet adapter:

Lightening to ethernet adapter:

Faraday bag wallet (signal stopping, to protect your fob, credit card, and phone)

Data Blocker (if you're charging your phone in an unknown port, use this so that no data is transferred)

Computer privacy screen (use your computer in public? Keep your information safe!)

Phone privacy screen (don't let people in public see your private data)

Camera cover (for computers and phones, so no one can access your camera without you knowing)

Privacy Tip: Don't use wifi, and if you must, append the tag ‘_nomap’ or ‘_optout’ to your SSID to stop other websites tracking your location.

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[manorod]

This dude is definitely an American hero !

[inthezone]

I love you for this interview ! Snowden is a true HERO of nowadays !

[TimetoWatch]

Snowden's an American hero. Pardon him!

[deloachrd]

He is a hero in my book. I have learned so much from him.

[aquamarine]

🔥 Pardon Snowden
🔥 Pardon Assange
🔥 Pardon Ross Ulbricht

[gregfedele]

Snowden talking about Bitcoin? 100% worth my time.

[virgilkirschner]

Mr. Trump, please give Mr Snowden a presidential pardon.

[mikeski]

She is going to effect the algorithm.🔥🔥🔥

[UltimateBargains]

An electronic purchase means that the merchant knows what you bought, and therefore the govt knows what you bought.
You need an electronic point of sale that is truly anonymized, including the product delivery address that is untraceable to you.
The merchant cannot determine who you are, from where your funds came, or to where your product is delivered.
An anonymizing delivery center to where the product is delivered from the merchant and then forwarded to the final destination with no means of associating the two events is needed.

[the-alien]

Snowden! That's amazing. Congrats Naomi 😃

[andrzejandretti]

Snowden NEEDS Pardon by President TRUMP.

[pupasarus]

Articulates the stimulus perfectly! Thank you.

[iancroasdell]

WOW, so much love. Three things cant be hidden for long that's the sun the moon and the truth, Snowden will go down in history.

[ArmageddonAfterparty]

The avatar with the red hair is truly the most advanced ai I've seen so far. Almost lifelike! What a time to be alive.

[JM-dkec]

God bless this lady for having an American hero speak on her channel!!

[forallcrypto-nl]

Amazing that you have got Snowden on, this guy deserves a presidential pardon, he is a Hero!❤

[ashthegreat]

Inevitable doesn’t mean good. With anything digital you lose your anonymity.

[Techonsapevole]

Great interview!
I don't understand why this channel has so little views compared to pump&dump crypto channels..

[farfarsfavoriter-trij]

"Its very difficult for me to use bitcoin, and yet that is a huge improvement over creditcards which i cannot use" chills.... salute u sir mr Snowden sir