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The most damaging thing is that I literally have no idea what is safe now - even good actors might unwittingly have been backdoored at the hardware level. I'm
by lhnz 13y ago
The most damaging thing is that I literally have no idea what is safe now - even good actors might unwittingly have been backdoored at the hardware level.
I'm taking all private communication completely off the internet to minimise my exposure - I do not have enough knowledge or experience to make decisions on cryptography, nor sufficient need to waste time on this.
- pyre 13y agoBut where you are taking them? SMS? Phone calls? Maybe a private mesh network setup through line-of-sight directed antennas?
- lhnz 13y agoFace-to-face is the only way. All emails or SMS or phone calls have to be just stuff like "Hey, how are you are doing? Do you wanna meet up and have a beer."
- jmccree 13y agoDo you remove the battery from your phone before talking in person? The NSA could very well listen in to your phone's mic/s. Your phone probably has a camera or two. Even if you have no phone, everyone around you likely does. If you live in an urban area, your entire walk to the bar is likely on camera, the bar has cameras, your cab ride home has cameras, the transit bus has multiple cameras, the transit station has cameras, if you live in a high rise it likely has cameras, in a suburb atleast one of your neighbors have cameras. Most all of these cameras are now connected to internet enabled DVRs with questionable at best security. This is reality now. Privacy seems to be on it's last legs.
- lhnz 13y agoAnd I am happen to live in the UK where we have CCTV. ...you are right, we have woken to a truly disturbing reality.