On Aug 20, 2013, at 5:11 , Rick <[email protected]> wrote:

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> On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 7:25 PM, David Singer <[email protected]> wrote:
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> On Aug 19, 2013, at 12:32 , Norbert Bollow <[email protected]> wrote:
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> > (1) People who are non-US persons must, if they want to deny the NSA
> >    the ability to watch what they're doing online (without the NSA
> >    having any need for a warrant, and without any other democratic
> >    checks and balances), avoid using an operating system which is
> >    closed source software that comes from a US company.
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> I don't think (I don't know, of course) that the NSA relied on any 'probes' 
> or the like in the client computers.  Why bother, when you can watch their 
> traffic, much more easily, by having probes in important high-traffic 
> internet links?  I certainly don't think that any monitoring software on the 
> client side, if it existed at all, would rely on any DRM or the like.  Again, 
> why bother?
> 
> I think you are under a dangerous illusion if you think using only free 
> software on your computer makes you immune from, or even at reduced risk 
> from, being monitored.
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> No one thinks that.
> 
> No one said that.
> 

I'm sorry, then I misunderstood, and I still don't understand what the 
relationship is between EME, and the problem of the extent you can be 
monitored/tracked online.

> It seems that if you live in the US, you can get a "Security Letter" that you 
> must comply with and discuss with no one or you spend 5 years in jail.  Do 
> not pass go, do not collect $200.00

And the relevance to this EME discussion is…?


David Singer
Multimedia and Software Standards, Apple Inc.


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