"You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much" (youcantellafinn)
10/28/2014 at 15:38 • Filed to: surveillance, way off topic
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"You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much" (youcantellafinn)
10/28/2014 at 15:38 • Filed to: surveillance, way off topic | 0
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For those who don't care or don't want to get on a watch list here is a VW WRC Polo R.
Here are two related articles, the first regarding internet privacy, the second an interview with Laura Poitras the producer of CitizenFour, the Edward Snowden documentary.
When asked about government and corporate surveillance, there are some who shrug their shoulders and say they have nothing to fear because they have nothing to hide. Schneier's response? "I ask them their salary and they won't tell me. I ask them about their sexual fantasy world and they won't tell me. The whole 'I have nothing to hide' thing is stupid, that's a dumb comment," he says. What's more, your day-to-day behaviour is monitored in ways you wouldn't even realise, so these details and many more could be open for all to see – and use against you. And that's a problem, even if you happen to trust your government to use the data for good. (From !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! )
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Congratulations, we're all now on government watch lists.
Shady Balkan Subject, Drives an Alfa
> You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much
10/28/2014 at 15:45 |
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If you want some privacy just use Tor or just the sense of it. At least on the front it looks perfect, but I am sure it is not absolutely what it claimed to be, can it?
SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie
> Shady Balkan Subject, Drives an Alfa
10/28/2014 at 15:49 |
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Considering that the tor protocol was initially invented by the DOD, I would think that they could track that.
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You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much
> Shady Balkan Subject, Drives an Alfa
10/28/2014 at 15:53 |
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Like Sideways says, it probably isn't as secure as people would like it to be, but I don't think that is the big problem. The biggest problem that I see is that it appears to be a pain in the ass to use it. (Full disclosure, I do not use TOR).
Even if you do use TOR, you should only use it for some things. If you are looking into something that you want kept private but then log in to your bank or email in TOR then everything that you were trying to keep private just got tied to your identity.
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Shady Balkan Subject, Drives an Alfa
> SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie
10/28/2014 at 15:53 |
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I was implying just that.
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Shady Balkan Subject, Drives an Alfa
> You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much
10/28/2014 at 16:03 |
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Yep, more or less, it is not as good as it is advertised. It gives you too much problems than it solves and I am on the mantra, if you don't need to hide something, why go to extra lenghts hiding.