Edward Snowden's Take On Vault7

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 CIA reports show the USG developing vulnerabilities in US products, then intentionally keeping the holes open. Reckless beyond words.

— Edward Snowden (@Snowden) March 7, 2017

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.

Why is this dangerous? Because until closed, any hacker can use the security hole the CIA left open to break into any iPhone in the world. https://t.co/xK0aILAdFI

— Edward Snowden (@Snowden) March 7, 2017

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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