Human rights lawyer Robert Tibbo represented former N.S.A. contractor-turned-whistleblower Edward  Snowden when he fled the United States to Hong Kong in 2013. Less publicized has been Tibbo’s work representing several families from the Hong Kong refugee community that welcomed Snowden into their homes – where he avoided unwanted attention.

Threatpost caught up with Tibbo last week in Leipzig, Germany where he spoke at the Chaos Communication Congress about the so-called “Snowden Refugees.”