Judge Rules FBI Can Hack Your Email --- they should concentrate on those living between NYC and DC and in Florida.
On Tuesday, August 23, 2016 at 7:38:59 AM UTC-5, Travis wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.activistpost.com/2016/08/judge-rules-fbi-can-hack-email-heres-stop.html?utm_source=Activist+Post+Subscribers&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=b44a7c2abd-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_term=0_b0c7fb76bd-b44a7c2abd-142209434 > > > Judge Rules FBI Can Hack Your Email (Here’s How You Stop Them) > > TOPICS:Civil Liberties <http://www.activistpost.com/tag/civil-liberties> > FBI <http://www.activistpost.com/tag/fbi>Hacking > <http://www.activistpost.com/tag/hacking>Mark Nestmann > <http://www.activistpost.com/tag/mark-nestmann>Privacy > <http://www.activistpost.com/tag/privacy>Surveillance > <http://www.activistpost.com/tag/surveillance> > > August 22, 2016 > > [image: Description: FBI hacking] > > By Mark Nestmann, The Nestmann Group > <http://www.nestmann.com/affiliate/?p=actv&w=actp-tbyr-ban1> > > What’s the biggest threat to your civil liberties? > > Is it Congress crushing every loophole you grasp at for privacy? > > That’s a nightmare, but there are bigger. > > Is it the rise of presidential candidates who pledge to dismantle > fundamental legal protections? > > Good guess, but still not there – besides, previous occupants of the White > House destroyed those already. > > The biggest threat to your civil liberties are judicial decisions and the > actions of unelected bureaucrats. Often, the deep effect of these is > unclear for months or even years. > > One example is a recent decision > <https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/2897490/Matish-Order.pdf> by > federal judge Henry Morgan, Jr. Morgan ruled that Americans have no > “expectation of privacy” in their internet protocol address (IP address), a > unique identifier for a computer, smart phone, or other electronic device > connected to the Internet. > > You lose your privacy even if, as the suspect did in this situation, you > employ defensive measures to avoid revealing your IP address, such as using > a virtual private network (VPN). > > According to Morgan’s analysis, while the FBI had a warrant to conduct a > search of the suspect’s computer, *they didn’t really need it*. Why not? > Morgan reasoned since hackers can break into computers, police can too. > > The effect on all our liberty will be devastating. > > In other words, you have no expectation of privacy against a warrantless > government search, you also have no expectation of security if you take > measures to avoid one. > > Based on that reasoning, because people get shot all the time in America, > police can shoot anyone they want? > > What about your home? About a decade ago, burglars broke into mine and > stole my television, stereo, and personal computer (fortunately secured > with software encrypting the entire hard drive). Morgan’s decision > indicates that since homes get burglarized, police can break into anyone’s > home to search for evidence, *without a warrant*. > > It gets worse. As absurd as Judge Morgan’s ruling is, the Supreme Court > has approved an obscure change in Rule 41 > <https://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/frcrmp/rule_41> of the Federal Rules > of Criminal Procedure > <http://www.uscourts.gov/file/document/rules-criminal-procedure> that > would enshrine the hacking he approved – albeit with a warrant – into law. > At the FBI’s request, the Court ruled > <https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/apr/29/fbi-hacking-computers-warrants-supreme-court-congress> > > in May federal judges may issue nationwide “hacking warrants” if criminal > suspects have made any efforts to hide their location. > > Of course, that’s exactly what a VPN is designed to do. > > In other words, if you don’t use a VPN, it’s open season for hackers on > your PC or smartphone. And if you do use a VPN, it’s open season for the > FBI. > > The new rules go into effect December 1 – unless Congress blocks them. > While the vast majority of our congressional members are spending most of > their time campaigning for November re-election, a handful of them have > promised to block the changes to Rule 41. > > Will Congress block these rules? I wouldn’t count on it. As always, if you > want privacy or security, you must rely on you. Your only choice is to > *protect > yourself.* But how? > > As is often the case, some of the best solutions are outside the > politically charged atmosphere of the US. > > First, subscribe to a robust VPN to encrypt the data stream on your > smartphone and your PC. The one the FBI has apparently compromised is named > “Tor,” originally developed by the US Navy. Some friends of mine who know > much more about encryption than I do tell me it’s not Tor itself that has > been compromised, but rather users’ implementation of it. Personally, I > think this distinction is irrelevant for anyone other than encryption > techno-groupies. > > Instead of Tor, the VPN we use at The Nestmann Group is called “ > Cryptohippie <https://secure.cryptohippie.com/>.” The company’s only US > presence is to authenticate connections to Cryptohippie servers in other > countries. None of Cryptohippie’s servers are in the US. While I have no > way of knowing if Cryptohippie is more or less secure than Tor, it is much > less well known and thus likely to be a less attractive target for hackers > (including government sanctioned ones) than Tor. > > Second, use an email program that facilitates transmission of encrypted > messages. My personal choice is Thunderbird > <https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/>, along with a free plug-in > called Enigmail <https://www.enigmail.net/index.php/en/>. Once you > exchange encryption keys with the people you correspond with, Enigmail > automatically encrypts and decrypts your messages. What’s more, the > messages are permanently encrypted on the server on which they reside. Even > if a hacker manages to penetrate the server itself, the content of the > messages remains secure. > > Third, if you use webmail services, ditch US providers such as Gmail, > Yahoo, etc. Use a non-US service that is serious about security and > encryption. We use a company called Century Media > <https://www.centurymedia.co.uk/>, which has its servers in Switzerland, > for this purpose, but there are many other choices. > > A good time to begin securing your electronic life would be today. 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