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Funny that you chose, of all things possible, the contact list as your example. You can safely assume that competent governments on both sides are aware of most
by lrem 4y ago
Funny that you chose, of all things possible, the contact list as your example. You can safely assume that competent governments on both sides are aware of most forms of electronic communication, including pstn, email and all major chat services, as well as post, courier and similar services. With cell phone tracking, as well as the extensive video surveillance all over the place, they also have a pretty good idea of face to face communication. If you want to hide a contact from the government you don't disable cloud sync. You use direct radio. Or, if you don't want to attract attention by having said radio, you leave all electronics at home and meet deep in a forest.
- tenpies 4y agoIronically, I wonder if something like lettermail is now more secure. We do know that the exterior of every single piece of mail handled by the USPS is photographed, documented, and retrievable later[1]; but the content of the envelope seems like it may have some level of protection, if only because of the absurdly costly effort of opening and re-sealing in a way that doesn't reveal tampering. Throw in some level of cryptography, use cursive (so it's harder to OCR), and use code words, and you probably have something better than e-mail. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mail_Isolation_Control_and_Tracking https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mail_Isolation_Control_and_Tra...
- nervysnail 4y agoIn addition to what 'lrem' said: Don't turn off your devices before going to the forest, as, if both persons don't create network traffic for, let's say five hours, then the government could derive that these persons are related. Of course this is not applicable if your threat model is low.