Re:NSA Revelations Cast Doubt on the Entire Tech Industry
by frank_boyd on Saturday September 07, 2013 @07:47AM
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If your goal is to communicate securely, it's preferable to encrypt using a native (and obviously open-source) application (and OS) and to avoid the browser, for the time being.
Re:NSA Revelations Cast Doubt on the Entire Tech Industry
by pjmlp on Saturday September 07, 2013 @08:27AM
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Is to meet in person in a secure place.
Whatever channel you use might be compromised, if you cannot control both ends.
Re:NSA Revelations Cast Doubt on the Entire Tech Industry
by Gravityloss on Saturday September 07, 2013 @09:00AM
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If you have an Android phone, Google tracks your location (GPS, cell towers and maps-wardriving-provided Wifi hotspots at least), so it's probably easy to see who met who. Maybe they also save seen bluetooth devices.
Phones don't record conversations in the pocket by default yet, but it's not inconceivable when computing efficiency improves that recording is always on, and keyword data is saved by default. Handy if it can creates calendar markings from verbal agreements...
And with Glass, video too.
So meeting in person is getting less secure as well.
Re:NSA Revelations Cast Doubt on the Entire Tech Industry
by frank_boyd on Saturday September 07, 2013 @09:19AM
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> And with Glass, video too.
Glass adds the perversion that you don't have your say regarding surveillance of society, anymore. Your "friends" will do it for you.
Only solution: Get vocal whenever you see somebody wearing Glass.
Re:NSA Revelations Cast Doubt on the Entire Tech Industry
by Peaker on Saturday September 07, 2013 @05:49PM
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Most phones let you pull the battery out, still.
Even when they don't, it's probably easy enough to disconnect the battery on your own.
Re:NSA Revelations Cast Doubt on the Entire Tech Industry
by infocollector on Saturday September 07, 2013 @08:26AM
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Does anyone know how to disable WebRTC in the browser ? (Apart from downgrading of course)
Re:NSA Revelations Cast Doubt on the Entire Tech Industry
by TsiCClawOfLight on Saturday September 07, 2013 @08:36AM
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I assume there is a chrome Flag for it, and a config option for firefox?
For example, now I worry the security model of WebRTC has been compromised by NSA, because it has the potential to offer very secure P2P conversations to the masses (at least 1 billion users - and that's before IE even adopts it in IE12, hopefully).