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AT&T has a fiberoptic splitter copying our data to NSA
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#152One thing I see people saying on here is that people should care....and I do...but I don't know _what_ to do with it! Can someone show/tell me what I, an average person, can do? It feels a bit overwhelming and things like this point out how powerless we really are. I hope I'm wrong and there are things we can do...I just don't know what they are. EDIT - Asking two more specific questions: 1. What can we do technicall…
Use https as much as possible.
I note that Hacker News still doesn't have https access...
Re: AT&T has a fiberoptic splitter copying our data to NSA
#153Earlier quoted context omitted.
Whenever I mention libertarian principles on HN I get a mixed response, but this is one situation where we must demand individual rights. We need to elect politicians like Ron Paul who oppose big government intrusions into our privacy. This country is supposed to be a bastion of liberty and we go to war to "protect freedom" and "democracy" and yet we are less and less free every day. When we see articles about Chines…
We need to elect politicians like Ron Paul Ran Paul has a pretty safe seat in the house. It is not practical to expect Americans to elect him president. I believe the OP asked for practical advice.
Maybe his son, Rand (Senator-KY), will someday run. He may stand a better chance.
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#154Earlier quoted context omitted.
Not sure what your point is, here. I listened to it, and it was very interesting, but the speaker has actually implemented encrypted communications on Android, so he clearly isn't too worried about it being poisoned.
I'm not sure there is one perfect 100% answer for that question, but I might suggest "that was then, this is now?" https://twitter.com/#!/moxie__/status/48185775111684096 It is probably worth noting that the speaker (and tweeter) has had some significant delays in the last year while clearing customs.
Oh, I've no doubt that the authorities dislike him. The SSL certificate story made that clear. :-)
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#155Not the first time US gov has violated US Constitution to spy on citizens..
People forget that the US President that first set a policy for this type of illegal behavior was Roosevelt leading up to WWII. Cable/Wireless companies were pressured by US Gov to record and copy cables sent by US citizens and to send those copies to the US government.
Did not stop terrorism than will not stop it now..and yet 70 years later and no one has learned.
Re: AT&T has a fiberoptic splitter copying our data to NSA
#156One thing I see people saying on here is that people should care....and I do...but I don't know _what_ to do with it! Can someone show/tell me what I, an average person, can do? It feels a bit overwhelming and things like this point out how powerless we really are. I hope I'm wrong and there are things we can do...I just don't know what they are. EDIT - Asking two more specific questions: 1. What can we do technicall…
Now you have an excellent opportunity, AT&T wants to merge with T-Mobile. Start a campaign saying that the merger will expose T-Mobile customers to NSA wiretapping. Buy some facebook ads and start something.
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#157Earlier quoted context omitted.
How do you know that the NSA isn't listening to those? It would seem more appropriate to make public-key encryption easier to use. There are already well-defined ways to use it with email, and there's OTR for IM that could be applied to multiple protocols. Granted, only the contents of the communications are hidden in these cases, but that's a big step forwards.
Everyone is listening to TOR, always ensure that encryption is in use. Always ensure encryption is in use anyways with anything important.
Furthermore, always ensure authentication is in use with anything encrypted.
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#158Earlier quoted context omitted.
Vote, for one thing. Geez. How, difficult is that? Oh wait, you guys only have one option laid down as only two parties... tough. Before you start to disagree, name one candidate that had "end patriotic act" on their government plan.
As I recall, Kucinich, Gravel, and Paul all did.
I confess i wasn't living in the US during the last elections, so i only followed the elections from international news sources.
and i have no idea what those names means (paul i may have heard about while reading slash dot)
That also reminds me of that simpsons episode where the aliens take place of the democrat and republican candidates, and when they discover they are aliens trying to take over earth, someone shouts that he will vote for somebody else. the alien just says "go ahead, waste your vote" and the guy agrees and feels defeated.
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#159Question: which major carrier(s) are not known (or known not) to do this? T-Mobile supposedly had little evidence against them, but they're being assimilated.
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#160Earlier quoted context omitted.
May I suggest that the current US political debate is virulently polarizing and unproductive? Perhaps the issue Good Governance vs Bad Governance would be effective/useful? (as opposed to the current axis of big vs small) As was said by Deng Xiapong "it doesn't matter if the cat is white or black.."
> As was said by Deng Xiapong "it doesn't matter if the cat is white or black.." ..because "Parkinson's Law works everywhere." - Mikhail Gorbachev
I hadn't read that quote though, thanks for pointing it out -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkinsons_Law
the irony is that Quote 1 - China Quote 2 - USSR