What The Government Knows About You

w00t · 06-10-2013, 12:54 AM

Oh god no.

They didn't monitor the ISP.

Using Tor(lol), VPNs(worse lol), HTTPS( lolllllll ) won't prevent this type of monitoring. They had access to the actual service's servers. All stream encryption was rendered worthless.

The only things that have a remote chance at working are the local encryptions. PGP, TrueCrypt, and things like that.

For fucks sake, don't talk out your ass.

yokai_old · 06-10-2013, 01:18 AM

(06-10-2013, 12:30 AM)Silica Wrote: Aye. I knew the American Government would have something like this, I just didn't recognize it would be on such a large scale. I'm making changes myself to help increase my safety while browsing online. That is uninstalling Google Chrome and using Firefox, or Chromium. As well I'll be adding security plugins, and just general other stuff. Said to see this happen, but DuckDuckGo is a really good search engine, and it doesn't allow sites to track you. So, I highly recommend it.

Don't ask for your government for your Privacy, take it back:
Browser Privacy: HTTPS Everywhere, AdBlock Plus + EasyList, Ghostery, NoScript (FireFox), NotScript (Chrome)
VPNs: BTGuard (Canada), ItsHidden (Africa), Ipredator (Sweden), Faceless.me (Cyprus / Netherlands)
Internet Anonymization: Tor, Tor Browser Bundle, I2P
Disk Encryption: TrueCrypt (Windows / Linux), File Vault (Mac).
File/Email Encryption: GPGTools + GPGMail (Mac), Enigmail (Windows / Linux)
IM Encryption: Pidgin + Pidgin OTR
IM/Voice Encryption: Mumble, Jitsi
SMS/Voice Encryption: WhisperSystems, Silent Circle ($$$)
Digital P2P Currency: BitCoin
Live Anonymous/Secure Linux: TAILS Linux
If you have any problems installing or using the above software, please contact the projects. They would love to get feedback and help you use their software.
Have no clue what Cryptography is or why you should care? Checkout the Crypto Party Handbook or the EFF's Surveillance Self-Defense Project.
Just want some simple tips? Checkout EFF's Top 12 Ways to Protect Your Online Privacy.

First off, http://zine.riseup.net

Second off, VOIP - ekiga..
VPNs: BTGuard (Canada), ItsHidden (Africa), Ipredator (Sweden), Faceless.me (Cyprus / Netherlands) LOL ARE YOU HIGH, esp on the ipredator ROFL

Please don't suck the EFF's cock, they do things you would not want to hear...TAILS/whonix w/e, abine do not track me isn't too bad either, but I wouldn't depend on any of this to save you, and none of this is new news..

Loli · 06-10-2013, 07:12 AM

(06-10-2013, 01:18 AM)better_than_you Wrote: First off, http://zine.riseup.net

Second off, VOIP - ekiga..
VPNs: BTGuard (Canada), ItsHidden (Africa), Ipredator (Sweden), Faceless.me (Cyprus / Netherlands) LOL ARE YOU HIGH, esp on the ipredator ROFL

Please don't suck the EFF's cock, they do things you would not want to hear...TAILS/whonix w/e, abine do not track me isn't too bad either, but I wouldn't depend on any of this to save you, and none of this is new news..

That was a copy/paste from somewhere that I had saved on my comp. Never said any of this was new news, but just because something isn't new doesn't mean it's not new to someone who doesn't know. /shrug

yokai_old · 06-10-2013, 08:52 AM

(06-10-2013, 07:12 AM)Silica Wrote: That was a copy/paste from somewhere that I had saved on my comp. Never said any of this was new news, but just because something isn't new doesn't mean it's not new to someone who doesn't know. /shrug

I could tell it was copy paste, but I'm sure if you weren't lazy you would have read over it ; )

Loli · 06-10-2013, 03:30 PM

(06-10-2013, 08:52 AM)better_than_you Wrote: I could tell it was copy paste, but I'm sure if you weren't lazy you would have read over it ; )

More like if I could give more than just a single fuck. I read over it, for the regular person what I posted will do just fine, for someone whose more blackhat, it'll do little to nothing.

w00t · 06-10-2013, 04:37 PM

It wouldn't do fine for a regular person. You claim that those will somehow prevent government surveillance, when maaaaaaaaaaybe 10% would have any effectiveness.

workaholics · 06-10-2013, 06:04 PM

Lul I only use Google for porn. Oh fuck if they have seen my search query's oh fuck. Do you know how ratchet I would look if I ever get taken to court....

Amplify · 06-10-2013, 07:39 PM

No need to stop doing this stuff. If its done they can bust you for it some people are already getting life in jail if caught, so why stop now :p

Dismas · 06-10-2013, 08:32 PM

(06-10-2013, 07:39 PM)Amplify Wrote: No need to stop doing this stuff. If its done they can bust you for it some people are already getting life in jail if caught, so why stop now :p

...caught for what? Haha.

Loli · 06-10-2013, 08:51 PM

(06-10-2013, 04:37 PM)w00t Wrote: It wouldn't do fine for a regular person. You claim that those will somehow prevent government surveillance, when maaaaaaaaaaybe 10% would have any effectiveness.

You're right if they continue using the same sites they always use. You gotta find substitutes for Google and what not. Regardless if you take precautions they can just take a peak into Google's Servers and bam. Time to use other things. Regardless why are we all of a sudden giving a shit? They've been at this for years, they already know so much. Why should we all of a sudden start taking precautions, when they have years of information on us already?