by GIUSEPPE MACRI | DAILY CALLER | JANUARY 20, 2015 Share on Facebook75Tweet about this on Twitter43Share on Google+2Email this to someonePrint this page If you’ve ever wondered what the whistleblower of the largest government surveillance apparatus in the world would choose for his handheld, you can cross Apple’s wildly popular smartphone off the list of possibilities. According to National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden, Apple’s infamous iPhone has a remarkably well-kept secret in the form of “special software” designed to collect and transmit sensitive data about users, without their knowledge. While speaking with Russian news outlet RIA Novosti during a recent interview, Snowden’s Russian lawyer Anatoly Kucherena said the former intelligence contractor specifically avoids Apple, and prefers a simpler device. “Edward never uses an iPhone; he’s got a simple phone,” Kucherena said, according to Sputnik. “The iPhone has special software that can activate itself without the owner having to press a button and gather information about him; that’s why on security grounds he refused to have this phone.” Read more
Posted on: Wed, 21 Jan 2015 11:29:44 +0000
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