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"US and British intelligence agencies have successfully cracked much of the online encryption relied upon by hundreds of millions of people to protect the privacy of their personal data, online transactions and emails, according to top-secret documents revealed by former contractor Edward Snowden."
This includes banking data.
The NSA describes strong decryption programs as the "price of admission for the US to maintain unrestricted access to and use of cyberspace".
All I can say is this is what you all wanted.
You wanted to feel safe.
You wanted the government to take care of you.
Now you are the government's enemy to be watched over and listened to.
I'm just waiting for the "chips" because that day will come probably sooner than we think.
"Told ya so"
You can't close pandora's box once it's been opened.
"At Microsoft, as The Guardian has reported, the N.S.A. worked with company officials to get pre-encryption access to Microsoft’s most popular services, including Outlook e-mail, Skype Internet phone calls and chats, and SkyDrive, the company’s cloud storage service.
Microsoft asserted that it had merely complied with “lawful demands” of the government, and in some cases, the collaboration was clearly coerced. Executives who refuse to comply with secret court orders can face fines or jail time."
I never trusted all that cloud storage even though it's so prevalent.
Rather than comply with NSA demands that they reveal their encryption methods, software company Lavabit shut down its operations, and in an open letter, its president says:
"This experience has taught me one very important lesson: without congressional action or a strong judicial precedent, I would _strongly_ recommend against anyone trusting their private data to a company with physical ties to the United States."
"US and British intelligence agencies have successfully cracked much of the online encryption relied upon by hundreds of millions of people to protect the privacy of their personal data, online transactions and emails, according to top-secret documents revealed by former contractor Edward Snowden."
This includes banking data.
The NSA describes strong decryption programs as the "price of admission for the US to maintain unrestricted access to and use of cyberspace".
almost every single red light has a camera. do you think they are there for looks? they are connected and active. not sure who looks at what is watched, but it sure no just used for traffic. there would not be so many on just one intersection. eventually, the cameras will be everywhere, and you will be tracked. like it or not.!
almost every single red light has a camera. do you think they are there for looks? they are connected and active. not sure who looks at what is watched, but it sure no just used for traffic. there would not be so many on just one intersection. eventually, the cameras will be everywhere, and you will be tracked. like it or not.!
Each direction requires multiple cameras to get sufficient evidence to sustain the ticket (driver, license plates, etc).
This might lead to a new boom in cash transactions, face-to-face contact, etc.
Really, we have had reason to believe spies can access anything for weeks now, why is anyone still surprised? People should just keep everything important off the net, telephone, etc. It is up to them to decide how important their privacy really is to them. Either they really mean it and act accordingly, or they should stop lamenting. Unfortunately, we can't trust in politicians anymore, they won't help their voters in this respect. We have to bring about the privacy of our important stuff on our own.
The biggest punishment for the spies is when they have to realize that despite their efforts more and more people communicate and deal off the radar, leaving them clueless what's going on in people's lives.
Oh please, I'd be far more worried about the private sector having your data. Most people eagerly give it up. Just look at your average facebook account. The sad thing here is that people assume that their online data is secure.
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