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Do you think that Edward Snowden is a hero? (lemmy.world)
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[–] 17 points 4 months ago (2 children)

He's a hero solely for trying to save Atari Teenage Riot.

It's sad that only 10% of the data he leaked ever made it to the public. From what I've read, the unreleased stuff has been lost. I could be wrong and don't have a source handy for that.

I'd let him hide out in my apartment.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 child)

    Man that band has gone off the rails these last few years. Last time I checked they (or just Alec?) were shilling NFTs lol

    What's the link between ATR and Snowden though?

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago

    Strange that I can't find anything about it online anymore. I swear I read once that Snowden used ATR as a cover by travelling with them, or had a song of theirs play as a signal to a Wikileaks contact when making a drop of leaked data or something along those lines. Pretty sure Snowden has stated he liked the band a lot too but can't find that either.

    All I found was that their album Reset was based of Snowden's revelations. I want to believe there is more to it than that, but I admit I may be wrong. My mind may have fabricated this info, it hasn't been the first time but it doesn't feel like that, I'm fairly certain I read about a connection before.

    More likely, the article I read has been purged from the internet or is being blacklisted from search engines, which I'm sure sounds like a tinfoil hat conspiracy theory, so easily could be true these days.

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