[NBLUG/talk] Encryption Issues

Zack Gold zack at nblug.org
Fri Jul 12 14:56:36 PDT 2013


I like that last bit about the girlfriend. I hope my girlfriend doesn't
release sensitive, confident information to the public. I suppose that's a
good enough reason to be encrypted from the NSA.

On Friday, July 12, 2013, William Tracy wrote:

> On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 1:33 PM, Zack Gold <zack at nblug.org <javascript:;>>
> wrote:
> > There's a probability involved in my information being with PRISM? But
> even
> > if I'm in that probability, my current thought on the idea of flipping
> lots
> > of switches (http://prism-break.org) is that "Why should I really be
> > switching everything to secure, (real) encrypted data when I have nothing
> > suspicious that'll fire off a red flag?"
>
> So that when you *do* have something worth hiding, you won't attract
> attention to it specifically.
>
> >>> Anyone got a good argument for my current response to PRISM as "I have
> >>> nothing to hide"?
>
> In the last century, our government has:
>  * Relocated millions of Japanese-Americans into internment camps
> without any cause other than their ethnicity.
>  * Persecuted individuals for ties or perceived ties to the Communist
> party.
>  * Deployed FBI resources to monitor and harass civil rights
> activists, including Dr. Martin Luther King.
>  * Deployed Secret Service resources to monitor and potentially
> blackmail political opponents (Watergate).
>
> Finally, there's always the possibility of rogue individuals within
> the NSA using intercepted data for personal purposes. As an example, I
> would hate to be the ex-girlfriend of an NSA agent.
>
> I love my country, but it is run by humans, and humans are fallible.
>
> ...
>
> I probably shouldn't have posted this while applying to a job
> requiring a security clearance. Oh well.
>
> William Tracy
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Zack Gold
Former NBLUG Scribe
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