[Cialug] Complete C source online - chapter two: The PRISMer of Zenda

[Matt Stanton]

Sorry, but I was just talking about email (on the internet, but considered to be "private", even if it travels insecurely from server to server) and phone conversations (which are not internet-related at all).  I agree that anything you put on the internet is an immediate act of public release of data.  I have a LinkedIn account with no resume, a Facebook account that I never post to (other than once or twice in the beginning), and a Twitter account that I rarely ever even check.  I don't have a lot of personal information that I deem necessary for the public to consume.  I did, however, put up a decent amount of information about myself on my QRZ page, but it was all information I deemed acceptable, and mostly about my physical situation (car accident stuff) and the ham radio equipment I own.

So, I expect the government/hacker/script kiddies to be able to find my home address, my email address, and what HF/VHF/UHF transmission capabilities I own, but anything that goes on in my phone conversations or email I consider to be relatively private-ish (that is, as private as gossip by the receiving parties will have it).

Like you are saying the newest internet generation is putting out all their personal information where everyone can see it with very little effort.  All you need to keep track of them is Google or an account as their "friend".  If you want to take the time to secure your information, though -- or at least secure certain bits of your information -- then it would have been nice to have that option.  Unfortunately, phone conversations and email conversations can just be intercepted and parsed exactly like the twitter-pics of your naughty bits. :x

-- Matt (N0BOX)

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-----Original Message-----
From: "L. V. Lammert" <lvl at omnitec.net>
To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group <cialug at cialug.org>
Sent: Thu, 25 Jul 2013 2:25 PM
Subject: Re: [Cialug] Complete C source online - chapter two: The PRISMer of Zenda

On Thu, 25 Jul 2013, Matt Stanton wrote:

> I don't mean to stir any pots, here, but the idea that the government
> (or even just the NSA) doesn't have enough computers to watch everything
> that is going on is false.
>
PMFJI, but that is really not a valid argument. If an individual puts out
identity information on the Net, it is there for all to see. Feds,
Hackers, Script Kiddies, ... it is not debatable nor worthy of debate.

If you do NOT want to be tracked online, don't GO online. There are many
ways to avoid leaving tracks, starting with:

1) Don't go online
2) TOR
3) GPG
4) NoScript/Firefox
5) Cookie Monster (et al)
6) Private Browsing

Debating the merits of the Feds monitoring individualss is like debating
which flavor of pig slop to throw in the pen - it's a non issue.

	Lee
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