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EFF: Show Support for the Fourth Amendment
- jzelinskie 13y agoIf you're an administrator of a website and you actually care about this, your priorities should be at least implementing proper HTTPS support before placing a linked image to the EFF on your website.
- willvarfar 13y agoWith forward secrecy. Oh, and don't use a block cipher because of attacks. Oh, and don't use RC4 because of .. attacks. Oh bugger.
- swordswinger12 13y agoUse whatever you want as long as you get an experienced cryptographer to implement it. Even RC4 can be secure if used properly.
- willvarfar 13y agoAnd does TLS use RC4 correctly? Oh...
- lonnyk 13y agoWould you mind elaborating on these problems? I assume all of the 'Oh's mean it is broken?
- agwa 13y agohttp://blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2013/03/attack-of-week-rc4-is-kind-of-broken-in.html http://blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2013/03/attack-of-we... It's possible to implement RC4 "correctly" (as far as we know) by discarding the first several thousand bytes of the keystream, but TLS doesn't do this.
- Hello71 13y agoTurn off SSL 3.0 and TLS 1.0. Problem solved for all known attacks. Unfortunately, that includes your users.
- ChrisAntaki 13y agoPeople are really starting to wake up, I think this stuff is finally working.
- bherms 13y agoI wouldn't go that far yet... Signing an online petition is about the least you could possibly do, aside from nothing. If we want real change, we need major protests, people to flood Congress with calls & letters, and more. That being said, I think people are starting to do those other things, but major policy change won't come from an email on a petition.
- jdp23 13y agoThat's the exciting thing about Restore the Fourth: real-world protests as well as online. We'll see how big tomorrow is, but in any case there will be a lot to build on.
- bherms 13y agoYeah, I'm pretty excited to see how it turns out. I hope everything remains peaceful and nobody gets hurt.
- ChrisAntaki 13y agoThis could be a (fun) major protest -> https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/07/july-4-show-your-support-fourth-amendment https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/07/july-4-show-your-suppo...
- orthecreedence 13y agoDon't underestimate the US population's apathy. Until something directly affects us (as in, costs me money, or keeps me from angrily driving an SUV around, or keeps me from buying tons of crap I don't need) it's very difficult to enact change. That said, I'm still going to the RestoreThe4th protests tomorrow. I believe in what this country used to stand for, and it's worth the fight to get it back, even if the rest of the country drowns in lethargy.
- sidcool 13y agoI am from India, (and have stayed in the US for 3 years, now back in India) but I have deep concerns about the happenings in the US. I am an ardent supporter of the US for the freedom and equality they support. They are truly the greatest country on the Earth. But some recent developments have made me sad. I don't want that to happen in my country. The Indian Government has denied granting asylum to Snowden, obviously under the pressure of the US. I apologize on my Country's behalf and take the responsibility of this decision.
- davidjgraph 13y ago> They are truly the greatest country on the Earth Evidence? The highest GDP? This clip of some US drama got some sharing recently - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVwUphZ37Ww http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVwUphZ37Ww. Although, the reasoning is pretty awful in parts, the point about freedom rings true. Having everyone's comms recorded is freedom? And equality, gay marriage is now legal in a whole 13 states? There are a number of countries in Europe that spank America's bottom on Equality. Are we talking rights equality or wealth equality, or both? The wealth inequality in America is second to none, except maybe North Korea... > I apologize on my Country's behalf and take the responsibility of this decision. And the oscar for HN melodrama goes to...
- sidcool 13y agoOk, I agree that was somewhat melodramatic, but I meant it. I feel embarrassed.
- b6 13y agoI know just what you mean. I lived in China and felt the same kind of shame when the US government or other Americans did wrong, even though it had little to do with me. Chinese people understood immediately when I said the US government does what it wants, often against the will of ordinary people, or without their knowledge or consent, and that good people were working on the problems, but that it was very hard.
- kimlelly 13y agoYes, show support for the 4th Amendment and at the same time - just in case the current level of support will continue to be ridiculed by the government - communicate safely: Use RetroShare: http://retroshare.sourceforge.net/ http://retroshare.sourceforge.net/ It's: 1. Decentralized (real p2p, no central servers) 2. Encrypted communication 3. Easier to set up than encrypted email: Install -> Exchange "certificates" -> Done. IMO, it's currently the best way to communicate. EDIT: If you downvote, state what's wrong, because I don't see it.