Sovereign Man's "Digital Privacy Black Paper", a guide to giving NSA the finger

[sellersm]

PDF document with helpful tips on keeping your comms 'secure & private', from Sovereign Man.

https://s3.amazonaws.com/sm-cdn/reports/NSA-Black-Paper.pdf

Here's a blurb about what's in the document:


In this free Black Paper you will learn:



About The Most Important Rule In Protecting Your Privacy
How To Know Which Tools Are Safe…And Which Are Not
The #1 Thing You Should Protect Online…And How To Do It
How To Secure And Encrypt Your Emails in Three Easy Steps
The Quickest Way To Chat Securely With Your Friends
How To Encrypt Your Voice Calls On A Mac, PC, Android, or iOS Device…For Free
And MUCH More…

[BushMasterBoy]

I wonder if they spy on George Zimmermans attorneys, after all the president was very fond of Trayvon Martin. effing stupid .gov

[Ronin13]

Not so sure about his NSA "source"- that Y-connection bit at the beginning that duplicated packets, does he have any idea how much information per-person that entails per day? Per week? We're talking, on average, a petabyte per city per day of data! That's nearly impossible to sort through and store.

[sellersm]

Not so sure about his NSA "source"- that Y-connection bit at the beginning that duplicated packets, does he have any idea how much information per-person that entails per day? Per week? We're talking, on average, a petabyte per city per day of data! That's nearly impossible to sort through and store.

I wondered about that too, but I'm sure they're using filters/pattern recognition, etc. I know they use those types of things on all the social media feeds, especially Twitter.

<sarcasm>I'm sure they're not storing anything, they're just listening/observing! </sarcasm>

[Sharpienads]

Hm, that was an interesting read. I really need to learn more about this kind of stuff.

[Clint45]

I would be highly suspect of any "trick to guarantee electronic communications privacy" . . . sounds more like "trick to guarantee multiple red flags." As far as I can tell, the only way to guarantee privacy is to avoid using electronics for sensitive communications altogether. NSA can decrypt nearly anything, from code to burst transmissions, given enough time.

[ZERO THEORY]

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[mikedubs]

Concerning #4...does anyone here really think that the NSA would allow any commercial encryption to be sold that it cannot crack?

[sellersm]

Concerning #4...does anyone here really think that the NSA would allow any commercial encryption to be sold that it cannot crack?

Nope. Most software systems have to leave something 'open' for the .g0v to 'observe'.

[mikedubs]

Nope. Most software systems have to leave something 'open' for the .g0v to 'observe'.

Exactly. So it's an illusion of security

[HoneyBadger]

Exactly. So it's an illusion of security
Welcome to the United States of America in the 21st century.

[def90]

It's not about being able to read individual emails.. encryption is a waste of time, they don't care what you are saying or what is in your specific email. All they need to do and all they are doing is tracking the source of the email and where it is being sent to. With that simple data they can create a profile of who and what you are.

This applies to emails as well..


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_o2djiZOxyA&amp;feature=c4-overview&amp;list=UUaGoVAB64Ojh3JU_VPis8ig

[Gman]

If the data wasn't really important or sensitive, then why are they secretly gathering it?

[BushMasterBoy]

rumor has it that they are using processors based on quantum mechanics and are a hundred trillion times as fast as your desktop...just a rumor mind you....https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_computer

[Clint45]

If the data wasn't really important or sensitive, then why are they secretly gathering it?

Because they can.

It may not be important NOW, but once someone becomes a "person of interest" they can tap a few keys and have immediate access to every email, text, phone call, bank statement, online purchase, and even a list of websites visited over the past decade. A few more keystrokes and they can discover all sorts of patterns in interests and behaviors. 99.99999% of the data they collect will never be used.

[sniper7]

A little info goes a long way.