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| 2013-06-09 |
| HT: Victory Girls blog. We get it, Joe Citizen. You want your privacy. You want to be able to talk on the internet without everyone and their mother at the InsertAlphabetAgencyHere looking at it. You're mad about the NSA snooping. You aren't advocating a violent overthrow of the government. You're not running a domestic terrorism group (well, there are those new DHS criteria...). You're not even sending around emails about what a dismal failure President Obama's administration is (THIS hour, anyway). You just want to be able to chat with friends, conduct your financial business, and argue with your spouse without Big Daddy Gummint all up in your biz. Believe it or not, that's your right. Harry "Who Cares" Reid may blow it off and say the government's been "doing that stuff for years," but we've got a news flash for Harry: just because you've been doing it a while doesn't make it any more okay. Ask Ted Bundy...oh, wait. Victory Girls gets it--partly because we value our privacy too. So, because we are all about free speech here--and private speech, too, now that I think about it--here's a list of ways you can circumvent the government privacy leeches. Granted, this list isn't all-inclusive, and let's face it, I'm not an uber-geek. I do, however, read a lot of uber-geek stuff, and so I'm pretty confident with the list I'm about to show you. Keep in mind that you will need to change some of your habits if you decide you really want to keep your personal stuff private. Most people are too lazy...but if you're not, here's the list from the guys over at Wired, as well as a few other nooks and crannies I find things in: - For internet browsing, use Tor. It comes with a full bundle that you can use on any kind of Windows from XP to 8, Mac, or Linux if that's your flavor. I won't bore my political readers with the long explanation of why Tor keeps your internet browsing private, but if you want to read all about it you can check out the Wikipedia entry, or just go to the website. - For email, use Hushmail. It's free, it's secure, and if you're done using that email, no worries. You can either delete it, or stop signing into it. It'll be gone in 2 weeks, along with all those fan emails you sent to Justin Bieber. See? You do want privacy. And more Kit Lange at Legal Insurrection lists these as well, about word for word. I'm not getting into who was first... |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #4 He used terminology quite germane to the discipline. I doubt the government will go after him [openly] for fear he has constructed a trip wire, a release of very specific information or TTP's. Interestingly, he was a contractor, who would have been subject to Full Scope Polygraphs in the positions he has held. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-06-09 19:11 |
| #3 snowden comes out and says there just happens to be a "grassroots" demo on 7/4? I have the feeling we are being played. Just not sure by whom..... |
| Posted by: Lionel B. Hayes3036 2013-06-09 18:43 |
| #2 NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden: 'I don't want to live in a society that does these sort of things' – video |
| Posted by: Au Auric 2013-06-09 17:57 |
| #1 Hey Kids, I never thought I would say this but, we were warned by no other than Dennis Kucinich back in November of 2012. |
| Posted by: Au Auric 2013-06-09 17:32 |