wrinkles Posted February 26, 2006 Share Posted February 26, 2006 The courts are clearing the way for large scale farming of online data. I'm ready to cancel my google accounts. What can I do to keep my mail off of spamcop servers and backup tapes? Do we accept that online services (the asociated data) are open to the feds? I have "nothing to hide" (uh, sort of, I hope, well, maybe not) but I don't like to dangle my personal information like low-hanging fruit for mass consumption. Even if I manage to keep all my email data on my home computer only (requiring at least a warrant to access), the two-way nature of email spreads it to hundreds of servers worldwide. To finish my rant, I'm wishing hard encryption was more generally used. No one I know actually uses it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loafman Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 I have "nothing to hide" (uh, sort of, I hope, well, maybe not) but I don't like to dangle my personal information like low-hanging fruit for mass consumption. Even if I manage to keep all my email data on my home computer only (requiring at least a warrant to access), the two-way nature of email spreads it to hundreds of servers worldwide. Good luck. Way too many copies of any email you send are available, even without your knowledge (think BCC). A lot of companies blindly save all of their email traffic, regardless of content. So, even running your own email server will do little good if you intend to talk with anyone outside your own server. Your mention of warrant gives me a chuckle. King George can do secret searches if its in any way tangentially related to terrorism. As to encryption... want to bet that the NSA does not have a backdoor in every consumer grade encryption scheme? The workers there are smart. The managers may need a clue, but they get a lot of real geniuses to work there and they get all the best equipment to play with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff G. Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 Your mention of warrant gives me a chuckle. King George can do secret searches if its in any way tangentially related to terrorism. As to encryption... want to bet that the NSA does not have a backdoor in every consumer grade encryption scheme? The workers there are smart. The managers may need a clue, but they get a lot of real geniuses to work there and they get all the best equipment to play with. 40796[/snapback] Scary, isn't it? I assume by "King George" you mean dubya. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loafman Posted March 1, 2006 Share Posted March 1, 2006 Scary, isn't it? I assume by "King George" you mean dubya. Yeah, "King George" refers to his desires, "The Shrub" refers to his competence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spam-spotter Posted March 3, 2006 Share Posted March 3, 2006 I love it... the sooner people get their heads around the plain-textness of email and the ease of dropping eaves , the better. This is going to be big business. getting that way already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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