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tl;dr Google and other companies already have the capability to spy on your real-time net activity, but they're (rightly so) currently squeamish about just thro
by DanielBMarkham 14y ago
tl;dr Google and other companies already have the capability to spy on your real-time net activity, but they're (rightly so) currently squeamish about just throwing open the doors and letting the FBI poke around with whomever it pleases. (Which is pretty much the way the cellular carriers handle it) FBI wants more legislation to "fix" this problem. Seems like people in some cases are communicating with each other and the FBI can't listen in, and this situation is intolerable to them.
ADD: What we're probably going to need is a new way for users to universally encrypt data deep in the OSI layer instead of continuing to tack it on top of the stack with downloaded apps. Need to think through that some more.
- pi18n 14y agoI thought the DIY cellphone was neat for just this reason. I'd like my next phone to be a hideous contraption made by adding a cellular radio to a Raspberry Pi.
- DanielBMarkham 14y agoIt's the hobbyests that are going to lead here. We're the guys gluing bubble gum to bailing wire and figuring out how to make a cowbell out of it. I took a flyer on how my idea would work as a PC program. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5449049 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5449049 Not sure I made any progress, but that's the fun part about being a hacker and doing this from your armchair (and Pi/packet radio board) -- anything you can imagine you can begin to realize. I honestly believe all of this surveillance news is going to result in many more technological solutions, although probably no long-term "wins"