Oliver Stone: ‘We owe Edward Snowden a huge debt. He’s a hero for our time’

Ctrl Alt Del · 11-12-2016 10:28PM #1

Hi,

Thanks to Irish Times, another story behind the Edward Snowden movie and life.

Enjoy reading it.

Oliver Stone: ‘We owe Edward Snowden a huge debt. He’s a hero for our time’

The reliably controversial American auteur spent 18 months talking to the CIA whistle-blower for his new film

Sat, Dec 10, 2016, 05:00

Fionn · 12-12-2016 04:45PM

Good read on wired.com about Ed Snowden

and after reading about all the shenanigans of the NSA and GCHQ, EFF.org has some timely advice on how to keep your stuff a little harder for them to get their paws on it.

Impetus · 13-12-2016 07:49PM

Snowden is an excellent movie. I saw it today. Nobody left the theater until the credits finished rolling - which is unusual in an Irish cinema in my experience.

Not everything is true. Putting a mobile phone in a microwave oven (using it as a Faraday's cage) does not work.

Trailer – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3774114/videoplayer/vi3406935833?ref_=tt_ov_vi

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3774114

bonzodog2 · 14-12-2016 09:59AM

I also watched and enjoyed it last night, but errrm, not in a theater

Impetus · 14-12-2016 10:20AM

bonzodog2 wrote: »

I also watched and enjoyed it last night, but errrm, not in a theater

I was in a cinema with about 28 screens. I would define each screening room as a theater. I can't speak for people who viewed other films at that location.

bonzodog2 · 14-12-2016 10:35AM

Impetus wrote: »

I was in a cinema with about 28 screens. I would define each screening room as a theater. I can't speak for people who viewed other films at that location.

I wasn't having issues with your terminology; I watched it on my laptop.

Hotblack Desiato · 23-12-2016 10:08PM

Impetus wrote: »

Putting a mobile phone in a microwave oven (using it as a Faraday's cage) does not work.

IIRC ovens use 2.45GHz which isn't that far off the 1800MHz mobile band, are 800/900MHz signals able to more easily penetrate what must be a reasonably effective 2.45GHz Faraday cage?

Oliver Stone: ‘We owe Edward Snowden a huge debt. He’s a hero for our time’

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