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I mostly agree with your second point, but to your first: even a small-time drug dealer former acquaintance of mine was familiar with ECHELON and other well-stu
by jberryman 13y ago
I mostly agree with your second point, but to your first: even a small-time drug dealer former acquaintance of mine was familiar with ECHELON and other well-studied-but-top-secret sorts of programs, and basically assumed if he said the wrong words on the phone that some computer would start listening. I think anyone with reason enough to be paranoid would probably come to a similar conclusion with a bit of googling.
- csandreasen 13y agoYou can be paranoid and assume things, but that only saves you if your assumptions are correct. In fact, if your goal is to avoid the NSA (or the cops/FBI/whoever in your acquaintance's case), having the wrong assumptions would be detrimental in that you'd be expending a lot of effort to avoid authority with no gain in security. Never mentioning drugs over the phone doesn't help if the police never tap your phone but the guy you just sold to is an undercover cop.