It’s been a pretty big week for tech + privacy, with Apple overhauling the privacy-related info it pushes out to users — sharpening its pro-privacy positioning as a marketing differentiator for its devices and services. And NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden stepping into the public arena by joining Twitter as, well, himself — with the verified account status to prove it. (Who knows if Snowden was lurking on the service under an assumed name prior to uncloaking as @Snowden. Someone has probably DMed him to ask but he clearly has a big backlog of messages to get through…)