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The usage of "anti-PRISM" is becoming meaningless. It's like the new rockstar node.js on rails ninja. Just a buzzword. If you think that using your own server i
by p4bl0 13y ago
The usage of "anti-PRISM" is becoming meaningless. It's like the new rockstar node.js on rails ninja. Just a buzzword. If you think that using your own server instead of DropBox, switching from Gmail to another email provider, and encrypting the content of your files and emails will protect you from PRISM, well, you just don't understand at all what PRISM is all about.
First, nothing prevent government to listen to what happening on the backbone cables (and they do, we now have the confirmation, they don't just ask a finite list of service providers for the content of their users). Hiding the content is one thing, but what these government programs mostly consist of is to recreate people's networks. This is the main point. Sure it's always good to encrypt stuff, but it's not sufficient to be called anti-PRISM. Most of the "anti-PRSIM" thing I read about are not anti-PRISM at all, it's just used as a buzzword. And it's a shame that a community such as HN fells for this.
- MisterWebz 13y agoIt seems you don't know what PRISM is either. AFAIK, PRISM allows them to retrieve data from several companies that have given them access to do so. One of the leaked slides also mention the capturing of data from the fiber cables, but that wasn't part of PRISM I do agree with your point however, I'm just nitpicking
- p4bl0 13y agoOkay, if you call PRISM just that part of the big picture, you're probably right. But then what's the point of being anti-PRISM? It would be like saying "this meal is anti-food poisoning because one of the many ingredients has been thoughtfully tested against known problems.", not that convincing to me.
- chongli 13y agoretrieve data from several companies Doesn't this list of companies include major ISPs?
- BraveNewCurency 13y agoNo, I think this device is very "anti-PRISM". PRISM means that the (US) government can ask MicroSoft/Google/Apple for your files stored in the cloud without a warrant. So you get no protection against "unreasonable searches" specified in the 4th amendment. This drive is controlled by you and stored in your house (with no key stored in the cloud). So the 4th amendment applies, and the government can't just look at your files any time it wants.
- lttlrck 13y agoSo any data storage device that is not under the control of a company covered by PRISM is by definition anti-PRISM? That makes it meaningless.