Re: Rise of the Dark Nets   
     By: Folsom to Poindexter Fortran on Sat Aug 17 2013 02:20 pm   
      
   Fo> Although encrypting everything cannot hurt, I am afraid that it is   
   Fo> impossible to have private realtime communication. At best encryption can   
   Fo> hide the whats, but even mixers like tor cannot hide the whoms which could   
   Fo> be enough to target someone for more direct surveillance.    
      
   With this illegal wiretap debacle involving the NSA recently, I'm cynical.   
   Metadata isn't data, but metadata without supporting evidence = damning   
   circumstantial evidence that doesn't need supporting evidence, or a warrant.   
      
   I can imagine a criminal case being built on who a suspect called, not what was   
   said.   
      
   Fo> Probably the best   
   Fo> we can hope for is a store and forward network that sends all traffic to   
   Fo> everyone. That will let us encrypt and decrypt with some assurance that the   
   Fo> whoms cannot be derived.   
      
   I *knew* I kept this BBS running for a reason! Session passwords, packet   
   passwords - too bad there isn't an easy way to include PGP into the mix with   
   packets.   
      
   Aw, hell - they'll just confiscate the hardware. Ain't no avoiding getting   
   0wned if you can touch the box.   
      
       
      
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