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Re: [News] Internet Abuse Through Snoops (Illegal) a Reason for Encryption, FOSS

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____/ wispygalaxy on Friday 29 Jan 2010 03:10 : \____

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> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> 
>> Buying You: The Government's Use of Fourth-Parties to Launder Data about
>> 'The People'
>> 
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | Your information is for sale, and the
>> | government is buying it at alarming rates. The
>> | CIA, FBI, Justice Department, Defense
>> | Department, and other government agencies are
>> | at this very moment turning to a group of
>> | companies to provide them information that
>> | these companies can gather without the
>> | restrictions that bind government intelligence
>> | agencies. The information is gathered from
>> | sources that few would believe the government
>> | could gain unfettered access to, but which,
>> | under current Fourth Amendment doctrine and
>> | statutory protections, are completely
>> | accessible.
>> `----
>> 
>> http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1475524
>> 
>> The FBI was caught breaking the law last week. The government defended
>> this illegal act.
> 
> Wow, that's bold.  People these days still don't pay attention to security.
> If people can't chose passwords properly (ex: password, 1234567,
> administrator), then how can we expect them to conceal sensitive
> information about their lives?  People are too eager to self-incriminate
> themselves.

Maybe they know they are watched even without authentication.

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