Ski> Just wondering what people think about Pamela's thoughts on Ski> privacy and shutting down Groklaw?
Ski> http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20130818120421175 I'm sad she's stopping her blog, I've been reading it from the beginning and it's a great resource. But I can also understand her desire to maybe shutdown and stop doing it, it's a hard thing to keep passionate about for as long as she has. Ski> I have known implicitly for years that pretty much anything I do Ski> (on or off the internet) can be and probably is being tracked so Ski> I do not have much expectations of privacy anymore. What has Ski> changed for me is the more overt way the governments are using Ski> this knowledge. Perhaps it was always like this and I never Ski> noticed. Agreed. So I just don't do stupid stuff on the internet if I can help it. Just looking at the 'failbook' site is a great lesson in what not to post/share on the internet. And if I really need to be more secure, I'll spin up a tor node or two and start hiding behind that if need be. But that's A) paranoid and B) lots of work and C) the penalties seriously outweight the gain. Sorta like how it's useless to accept a bribe for $10,000 or even more. Getting caught would lead to just oh so much more loss. But I'm also happen that Snowden and Manning *have* stepped up and let the cat(s) out of the bag even more, because I think it's very important that our government be answerable to the people and that "security" is just a means for people to grab power. Even if they have what they think is my best interests at heart, it's not their call to make. I suspect the pendulum will be swinging back the other way for a bit to a more open process too, but it will take vigilance on all our parts to make it stay open. John _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
