Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Police State

You don't have to be a software engineer to figure out that third party encryption will not stop the NSA. You have to encrypt yourself using open source encryption tools.

New documents released by The Guardian about NSA spy program XKeyscore support NSA whistleblower Snowden's claim NSA technicians can digitally tap anybody at any time, a claim previously disputed by our rulers, busting them for lying again.
"XKeyscore, the documents boast, is the NSA's "widest reaching" system developing intelligence from computer networks – what the agency calls Digital Network Intelligence (DNI). One presentation claims the program covers "nearly everything a typical user does on the internet", including the content of emails, websites visited and searches, as well as their metadata.
Analysts can also use XKeyscore and other NSA systems to obtain ongoing "real-time" interception of an individual's internet activity."
This is more verification that NSA is most powerful blackmail organization in the world. Even the president and the Rockefellers are not immune.

Government study finds TSA misconduct up 26 percent in the last three years.
"Most have heard of the problems such as stealing, but the report also notes that some employees are sleeping on the job, taking bribes, and letting friends/family through the checkpoints without screening."
I'm sure they under-reported before and after that period.

Federal Court of Appeals allows warrantless tracking of cell phone location data.
"Ruling 2 to 1, the court said a warrantless search was 'not per se unconstitutional' because location data was 'clearly a business record' and therefore not protected by the Fourth Amendment.''"
I don't know about this. Cell phone companies have no interest in keeping this data. I think they only keep it because the government tells them to. So this is circular reasoning.

San Francisco Airport personnel are making citizens arrests against ride-share services to protect taxi companies.

US to test two spy blimps over Washington D.C. Blimps like this make sense to me for monitoring the Mexican border, but this is just another way to spy on Americans.

How to improve your passwords.

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