tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post7107041751979630172..comments2024-03-28T23:33:45.139-04:00Comments on Just An Earth-Bound Misfit, I : Carping on Government MonitoringComrade Misfithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15404477636451308763noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-80609507302340601012016-12-07T17:37:47.365-05:002016-12-07T17:37:47.365-05:00>>>It's like complaining that the mai...>>>It's like complaining that the mailman is reading your mail, but you won't be bothered to seal up the envelope.<<<<br /><br />For email and webmail (if not HTTPS) its more like:<br /><br />It's like complaining that the mailman is reading your mail, but you<br />are writing it on the back of a postcard and tape it to the front door.<br /><br />Unencrypted Email has no real expectation of security or for that fact privacy.<br /><br />Eck!<br /><br /> <br />Eck!https://www.blogger.com/profile/13890237094647111653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-5329266435277810762016-12-07T15:57:46.004-05:002016-12-07T15:57:46.004-05:00I'm fine with raising the costs of monitoring....I'm fine with raising the costs of monitoring. They want to invade my privacy, I want to to have to make an effort. Enough of us do that and maybe things might change. Or not.<br /><br />Anyone using the Internet for criminal endeavors is just begging to get caught (or killed). The old rule still holds: The cops can make lots of mistakes and still find the bad guys. The bad guys only have to make one mistake to get caught (if the cops find out about it).<br /><br />(Some Hahvahd student used Tor for making bomb threats awhile back. But he did it from his dorm room, over the school's wireless, and they were able to track it back to him.)Comrade Misfithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15404477636451308763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-18143030656549876222016-12-07T15:21:40.080-05:002016-12-07T15:21:40.080-05:00The problem with security tools in general is that...The problem with security tools in general is that you have to have VERY good Opsec procedures. Dread Pirate Roberts got caught because he had a single brain fart while he was using TOR.<br /><br />I love security tools and recommend them, but think that it's kind of past the time where you can hide and get away with it.<br /><br />The best argument to use the tools is that it raises the cost of surveillance. But the use of the tools almost certainly raises the likelihood that they will monitor you. :-/Borepatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05029434172945099693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-31920521451072603402016-12-07T09:16:49.917-05:002016-12-07T09:16:49.917-05:00Signal downloads went up 400% last month. Times m...Signal downloads went up 400% last month. Times might be changing.Joenoreply@blogger.com