I thought his comments were more tongue in cheek than literally believing every computer in the world is bugged, but perhaps I'm wrong?
Got a Western Digital, Seagate or Toshiba hard drive? Da NSA owns you!
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I thought his comments were more tongue in cheek than literally believing every computer in the world is bugged, but perhaps I'm wrong?
It's the principle of the matter. Back in our parent's day, you went to a court, and got a judge to sign a warrant, then and only then could the govt tap your personal communications.
Nowadays, they just grab it all, and apparently can tap into any HD at their whim. It's already well documented and proven they've tapped basically 100% of all internet communications, so it all flows through their filters. Then they've ensured capabilities allowing them to back door any HD on the planet, and I'm supposed to be ok with this?
I'm a very boring and unimportant person, so it's not like I have anything to hide, but really, what rational individual could possibly agree with this? If George Orwell's 1984 ever came to fruition, it's basically here right and now.
Depends on the encryption algo used, but standard algos, highly unlikely. People love to spread fear about how insecure current encryption algos are, but reality is, they're extremely secure. Otherwise, you wouldn't have seen Obama & Cameron on the world news about a month ago complaining that they need a back door into our encryption.
Yeah, why? Obviously, they're not sitting around downloading the contents of every HD in the world, but at the same time, it's well proven all internet traffic is passing through their filters. It's also proven they're having a rough time decrypting some communication, as leaked by Snowden, and (basically) proven when Obama & Cameron bitched that we need to do encryption "patriotically"!
It's the fact they're going outside the law, and building in back doors like this that I don't like. I have to follow the law, so they should too, but they don't.
See what I mean? What has that got to do with what he quoted from you Fatbat? Sweet F.A. He isn't even reading stuff any more, just probably pulling a couple of words out of what is written and then filling all the gaps in with meaningless drivel in his own head.
No. The only way to guarantee brute force against strong encryption is to find a polytime algorithm for prime factorization. Quantum computers can't do that for the general case (Shor's Algorithm is BQP). If you can find such an algorithm, you would be world-famous though.
There is also a limit to how much can be stored and still be considered usable data. But it is possible to inspect large amounts of network data if you are looking for things that have certain characteristics.
Turns out this is true. Quantom computers would only be effective at breaking asymmetric encryption. That's a relief.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/08/dea-and-nsa-team-intelligence-laundering
Yeah, and then they'll share it with all the other agencies.
Here's the type of reason I don't like this kind of thing:
Anti-Oil Activists Named as National Security Threats Respond to Leaked RCMP Report | VICE | Canada
Apparently, we now have an "anti-petroleum movement" in Canada, which has been labelled as a threat to national security? Ummm, WTF? Is it just me, or does anyone else see a problem with this?
Thankfully, we can tap all the communications and even hard drives on a whim, so don't worry, we're safe from the anti-petroleum movement for now.
Anti-Oil Activists Named as National Security Threats Respond to Leaked RCMP Report | VICE | Canada
Apparently, we now have an "anti-petroleum movement" in Canada, which has been labelled as a threat to national security? Ummm, WTF? Is it just me, or does anyone else see a problem with this?
Thankfully, we can tap all the communications and even hard drives on a whim, so don't worry, we're safe from the anti-petroleum movement for now.
Well you can all rest easy knowing the NSA is just another incompetent government bureaucracy.
All of their tech is developed by contractors, anyone want to guess why?
Still don't believe they're incompetent? http://nsa.gov
The NSA is the spy equivalent of obamacare, a bloated waste of public money who are staffed by hispeter fucktards that weren't good enough to get jobs in silicon valley.
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All of their tech is developed by contractors, anyone want to guess why?
Still don't believe they're incompetent? http://nsa.gov
The NSA is the spy equivalent of obamacare, a bloated waste of public money who are staffed by hispeter fucktards that weren't good enough to get jobs in silicon valley.
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PZaKfe0TEc[/ame]
If you actually believe your action on the internet cannot be monitored and reviewed, you're living in LA LA LAND.
Uncle Sam is everywhere and nowhere. If they want you, they will find you! While it is possible to confuse and distract what you're doing, the resources to remain completely fool-proof will cost you millions of dollars.
I mean think about it, the Government has capabilities to watch you in your own home while you're jerking-off. They have stuff that can see through almost all walls and roofs.
They've been able to create synthetic "humans" that act and speak like the real thing.
Yes, they have the means to monitor all computers, since most of the technology is from the USA.
Try saying no to the PENTAGON or NSA when they request you help your country. Either you comply, we steal it, we kill you, or we just destroy your company and put you in jail for child porn that just showed up on your computer.
Trust me most of the companies just comply, and then deny everything in public.
Also remember, the best cyber crooks work for the Government, just like the most successful drug dealers have Government liaisons.
Uncle Sam is everywhere and nowhere. If they want you, they will find you! While it is possible to confuse and distract what you're doing, the resources to remain completely fool-proof will cost you millions of dollars.
I mean think about it, the Government has capabilities to watch you in your own home while you're jerking-off. They have stuff that can see through almost all walls and roofs.
They've been able to create synthetic "humans" that act and speak like the real thing.
Yes, they have the means to monitor all computers, since most of the technology is from the USA.
Try saying no to the PENTAGON or NSA when they request you help your country. Either you comply, we steal it, we kill you, or we just destroy your company and put you in jail for child porn that just showed up on your computer.
Trust me most of the companies just comply, and then deny everything in public.
Also remember, the best cyber crooks work for the Government, just like the most successful drug dealers have Government liaisons.
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Which is actually my biggest fear of all the Snowden "revelations". The "conspiracy" part of me thinks the whole thing was meant to bring the capabilities forward, so the NSA can be pressured to "share" their data with the other agencies. FBI,DEA, DOJ, ect, ect. How could sharing (at least on some level) be anything but inevitable?
You have a couple good points wrapped around so much fail. This is why you all get made fun of.