Essays: NSA Surveillance: A Guide to Staying Secure – Schneier on Security

Re:Essays: NSA Surveillance: A Guide to Staying Secure – Sch... by mmh0000 on Sunday August 25, 2024 @07:44PM (#41352553)

I get the motivation. But good luck keeping an organization out of anything you care about when they can:

. Legally kill you

. Legally compel corporations to embed backdoors

. Legally seize all your equipment

. Throw away millions of dollars pursing “petty” crimes.

Technical means of defending against something like the NSA is, in my opinion, a lost cause.

I believe the way to deal with this is by being politically active. Getting people engaged and limiting the powers of these organizations.

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Re:Essays: NSA Surveillance: A Guide to Staying Secure – Sch... by whatshisface on Sunday August 25, 2024 @07:55PM (#41352632)

Becoming politically active is one of the fastest ways to get "legally killed," in countries where that actually happens...

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Re:Essays: NSA Surveillance: A Guide to Staying Secure – Sch... by paretoer on Monday August 26, 2024 @07:41AM (#41356188)

Totally agree. I would think part of a good defense is to simply not care about politics on any level.

Personally, I think all these counter measures are a fool's game. It most likely ends up being a form of self labeling as a person to look into.

My defense is to be a boring person, not trying to hide anything, lost in a sea of noise.

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Re:Essays: NSA Surveillance: A Guide to Staying Secure – Sch... by adolph on Sunday August 25, 2024 @08:36PM (#41352818)

> Getting people engaged and limiting the powers of these organizations.

My impression is that most people want more government; thus, getting more people engaged will lead to increasing the powers of these organizations.

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