That and get everyone to salt every message with a random assortment of words and phrases from "flag lists"
On Jun 21, 2013, at 11:55 AM, Nadim Kobeissi <na...@nadim.cc> wrote: > The solution to this is to make encryption more and more widely used. By > increasing the number of people with access to encryption technology for > their communications, we dilute this threat. > > NK > > On 2013-06-21, at 11:52 AM, Michael Rogers <mich...@briarproject.org> wrote: > >> Signed PGP part >> It's unfortunate that Ars Technica has chosen that angle, since I >> believe it misrepresents the situation: if you use encryption, the NSA >> may indeed retain your encrypted traffic, but won't be able to read >> it. If you don't use encryption, the NSA will be able to read your >> traffic, and will retain it if it contains anything interesting, or if >> you're not an American. So encryption is still a net gain for privacy. >> >> Blending in is a red herring in my opinion - metadata (which isn't >> subject to the restrictions discussed in the Ars Technica article) >> reveals who talks to whom and when. That's sufficient to identify >> persons of interest, regardless of whether they use encryption. Any >> activist or journalist should assume they're already a person of >> interest, thanks to their job and the people they talk to. Not to be >> subject to surveillance would be something of a professional >> embarrassment. ;-) So forget about blending in. Assume you're subject >> to surveillance, and think about what steps you're going to take in >> response. >> >> Cheers, >> Michael >> >> On 21/06/13 16:41, dan mcquillan wrote: >>> a few people who came to our university cryptoparty asked whether >>> they're just going to draw attention to themselves by encrypting >>> email. >>> >>> the latest leaks seems to give a firm 'yes', as the NSA >>> specifically keeps encrypted comms indefinitely. >>> >>> sample news item: >>> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130620/15390323549/nsa-has-convinced-fisa-court-that-if-your-data-is-encrypted-you-might-be-terrorist-so-itll-hang-onto-your-data.shtml >>> >>> >> <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130620/15390323549/nsa-has-convinced-fisa-court-that-if-your-data-is-encrypted-you-might-be-terrorist-so-itll-hang-onto-your-data.shtml?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter> >>> >>> how would list members answer the question 'to encrypt or not to >>> encrypt'? >>> >>> cheers dan >>> >>> >>> >>> -- Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change >>> password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing >>> your settings at >>> https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech >>> >> >> >> -- >> Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by >> emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at >> https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech > > -- > Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by > emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech
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