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Post by tptacek »

mtgx wrote: post #66
tptacek wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Technically, the FISA law being used by the NSA to capture phone records doesn't generate evidence that is easily used in court. If you're not a legitimate foreign target, you can suppress evidence that originates from FISA, and the NSA is obligated to destroy evidence it inadvertently collects on citizens.

In theory. In practice, they spy on you for a week, and then obtain a warrant because they have "probable cause", taken from all the spying.

Is that how it happens in practice? Interesting. Where can I read more about how data from FISA warrants are used to build probable cause for domestic criminal cases?

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Post by cadalac »

Nekorosu wrote: post #12

I'm russian. I've left Russia for good because of weather and politics. Now I'm laughing out loud. All jokes aside it's interesting to observe politics and technology interplay. But I'm not too excited I have to take part in some of the events.

What about the low taxes you would have had there?

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Post by g8oz »

smnrchrds wrote: post #18

I actually think Yandex is a good alternative. Assume that all countries have similar projects like PRISM. Which one would you rather have: your country spying on you or a foreign country? If your country is spying on you, it can use the data it gathers against you in a court, etc. If it's a foreign country, what could they possibly do?

How about an Indian provider? http://mail.sify.com/

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Post by SeanDav »

tptacek wrote: post #70
api wrote: post #54

Actually you laugh, but being spied on by someone with no jurisdiction over you is better than being spied on by someone who can name you an enemy combatant because they misunderstand your e-mails that contain a plot synopsis for a book you're working on or that can label you a child pornographer because you have naked photos of your grandkids playing in your yard.

So that's happened when, in American history?

Are you saying that at no time in American history has the FBI or NSA intercepted someone's emails, telephone calls or internet use and used that information to either capture them or force them into becoming a mole?

As for the OP comment about the grandkids and child porn - that was a front page story a few days ago on HN.

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Post by petemcc »

tptacek wrote: post #70
api wrote: post #54

Actually you laugh, but being spied on by someone with no jurisdiction over you is better than being spied on by someone who can name you an enemy combatant because they misunderstand your e-mails that contain a plot synopsis for a book you're working on or that can label you a child pornographer because you have naked photos of your grandkids playing in your yard.

So that's happened when, in American history?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5825087

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Post by tptacek »

SeanDav wrote: post #74
tptacek wrote: post #70

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So that's happened when, in American history?

Are you saying that at no time in American history has the FBI or NSA intercepted someone's emails, telephone calls or internet use and used that information to either capture them or force them into becoming a mole? As for the OP comment about the grandkids and child porn - that was a front page story a few days ago on HN.

I guess I'm looking for an example of the FBI or CIA misunderstanding an email and "declaring someone an enemy combatant".

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Post by tptacek »

guelo wrote: post #48
tptacek wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you think the government is going to disappear you to Guantanamo, what's there to discuss at all? You clearly believe the government is bound by no laws at all.

Maybe that was a bit of an overstatement on my part unless you're a middle eastener. But they've proven over and over that they'll throw out the laws when it inconveniences them.

What's the example that most sticks out in your head of the US throwing out its own laws?

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Post by omni »

huhtenberg wrote: post #60
sologoub wrote: post #57

If you are that worried about FSB spying on you, make sure you are not running a Kaspersky product: http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/07/ff_kaspersky/all/ But in all seriousness... it seems to be a rather unfortunate reality of using FREE email service, that the actual level of privacy afforded to you is minimal. Russia has a very stringent set of anti-extremism laws that curb free speech big time. If your content…

If you are that worried about NSA spying on you, make sure you are not running Windows. Because, you know, routine software updates is just what the doctor ordered for on-demand installation of backdoors.

I know very little about how Linux works internally, and I use proprietary video card drivers in Ubuntu. Given Linux's internal handling of driver binaries, how much damage would these be able to cause if they contained malicious code?
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