On Haystacks: There are two types of cracking that can occur to an individual 1 - Targeted: The bad guy (NSA, a malicious cracker...) is after you specifically. 2 - Non-Targeted: The bad guy casts a broad net, or inspects a big haystack, for exposed individuals
If 1), your chances are really low of avoiding being hacked unless the bad guy is novice. 2) is a double edged sword. Being concerned about encryption email routing and storage has merit if the trolling is simply putting up a wall, saying "move along, nothing here". But it also puts up a sign saying "I have a reason to hide" My guess is that all of us using any sort of extra measures, such as encryption, are definitely on the NSA books. -- Owen On Sat, Aug 17, 2013 at 5:35 PM, Steve Smith <sasm...@swcp.com> wrote: > Marcus > > Public advocacy for having ubiquitous secure transfers is a stronger >> signal for them to contemplate. >> > Agreed. > > yes, these are the fruits of a paranoid mind, but just because you are >>> paranoid, *doesn't* mean they aren't out to get you. >>> >> Speaking of paranoia, here's a little Thunderbird add-in that aims to >> check that all of the e-mail hops were secure. It's a little buggy, but a >> nice idea (double check its work if it gives you a happy face). >> > I get happy faces over the strangest things... and in fact, I like > highwire work without checking the net before I go up... it just feels like > bad juju. It is merely important (to me) to know that I *can* check the > net if I choose to... that it is checkable and I am competent to do so and > nobody gets too wIerded out if I do. > >> >> https://addons.mozilla.org/en-**US/thunderbird/addon/paranoia/<https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/paranoia/> >> > - Steve > > > ==============================**============================== > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe > http://redfish.com/mailman/**listinfo/friam_redfish.com<http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com> >
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