On Tue, Dec 31, 2013 at 1:46 AM, Jim Bell <jamesdbell8@yahoo.com> wrote:
I currently do not have a PGP key. ... If I go back and start using PGP again (even if only for signing things) I wonder what they will think. At the moment I have little need for secrecy, so I choose to not do PGP.
this makes sense, and leads to a question; see below.
(Also, I am virtually assuming that everything on my computer can be, and probably is, being read by a few dozen spy organizations of technically-competent nations. I use ordinary anti-virus programs, but I'm under no illusion that the NSA/CIA/GCHQ/TLA's of other nations can't devise a targeted bug that such software cannot find.) If any of you are interested in helping me confirm or deny this paranoid suspicion, I would very much appreciate your assistance.)
so far we've seen 0.5%[0] of confirmations of general and nearly insurmountable vulnerability against a state level actor, ... let's see what 2014 has in store! :) the question: do you believe the counter-surveillance was a factor in the extreme measures used in your prosecution? AP seemed the most controversial and outwardly demonised aspect of the whole debacle, but perhaps i am giving too much weight to AP. the judge sealing the entire court file raises questions, but i also admit knowing little about the particulars of the facts and legal motions of the case. best regards, 0. snowden leaks, ~1.6% to ~.40% released http://cryptome.org/2013/11/snowden-tally.htm see also, tailored access megapwnage: http://cryptome.org/2013/12/nsa-tao-ant.pdf http://cryptome.org/2013/12/nsa-quantum-tasking.pdf http://cryptome.org/2013/12/nsa-quantumtheory.pdf http://cryptome.org/2013/12/nsa-catalog-appelbaum.pdf http://cryptome.org/2013/12/nsa-tao-ant-pdf.pdf http://cryptome.org/2013/12/nsa-catalog.zip http://cryptome.org/2013/12/nsa-ant-bildschirm.pdf http://cryptome.org/2013/12/nsa-ant-w-lan.pdf http://cryptome.org/2013/12/nsa-ant-usb.pdf http://cryptome.org/2013/12/nsa-ant-tastatu.pdf http://cryptome.org/2013/12/nsa-ant-server.pdf http://cryptome.org/2013/12/nsa-ant-router.pdf http://cryptome.org/2013/12/nsa-ant-rechner.pdf http://cryptome.org/2013/12/nsa-ant-raumuber.pdf http://cryptome.org/2013/12/nsa-ant-mobilfunk.pdf http://cryptome.org/2013/12/nsa-ant-handys.pdf http://cryptome.org/2013/12/nsa-ant-firewalls.pdf