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Chelsea Manning’s Reluctant Return to Crypto and Renewed Passion for Privacy
It’s a sign of the times that government secrecy isn’t top of mind for American activist and whistleblower Chelsea Manning. “We’re actually so awash in information now that secrecy isn’t the issue anymore,” she said. “It’s verification.”She spoke to Decrypt over a video call in June about her security work at Web3 privacy project Nym and what brought her—somewhat begrudgingly—back into the world of cryptography. Manning became synonymous with government transparency when she gave classified documents—250,000 American diplomatic cables and 480,000 Army reports on the Afghanistan and Iraq ... (full story)