 c0de
join:2004-10-14
Richmond, VA | reply to ctceo
Re: Funny. You have some very intresting sources here. And I have no doubt in my mind that the government monitors some communications via the internet and otherwise. The keyword here being SOME. How they get the authority to monitor the activity is irrelavant if they can't decode/decypher the content of what they are monitoring. And unfortunatly for the government it is very hard and takes a very long time to decrypt well encrypted data. Now if the government gets your 'password' then you are pretty much effed in the A. But if you use proper encryption it would take even the most advanced supercomputers in the world days if not weeks to decypher the key, and even then, depending on the amount of data and other factors, they would have to begin decyphering the data using the key in a reverse process (now this can be done on the fly, but only with the correct key).
But of course, all of this is totally irrelivant if you are not doing anything illegal. So encrypt away, even if the government is suspect and if they somehow figure out how to crack the encryption key for your data, they would only find cute pictures of little kittens in mittens.
Decryption of AES can not be done "on the fly".
The real threat is not your local/fed government (unless your are actually a terrorist) it is the people that are not part of the government, you know, those hacker guys that are always stealing peoples identities and what not. This is why I prefer to encrypt my email and documents and the like on my computer and when being sent out over the internets tubes, not because big brother is watching but so that some ass hole dosent steal my identity.
Also it is silly to think that the government is watching every move of everyone, espically when it comes to terms of data storage and monitoring. it is just not feasable.
And again if you could please point out how this "mirroring" is done I would be happy to know so that i can prevent it. Should it be a back door, then I will switch to an OS with out this backdoor for mirroring. I can not seem to figure out how they would monitor the activity on my screen (like right now) with out some sort of monitoring tool installed, as computers are a little more complex than a phone, you can not simply "tap" a computer. The data transmitted, sure, but not what happens on it.
And what would you consider an obsecure OS?
So even though you cited some very intresting articles on the topic of government monitor, you have not found or cited any on how this monitoring is acheved technically. And without the ability to monitor something technically, then there is no worry at all. |
