[sudo-discuss] Sudden public interest in basic crypto/security tools.

[GtwoG PublicOhOne]

Something about the NSA disclosures that y'all may not know: 

The NSA document consisted of 41 PowerPoint slides, but only five of the
41 have been released.  The fifth slide has a very interesting history. 
When the Guardian first revealed that NSA had backdoors into the servers
of Google, Facebook, and other companies, a couple of those CEOs
(Zuckerberg and Page)stepped forward to deny it altogether. 

Then the fifth slide was released.  Quote:

"Collection directly from the servers of these US service providers:
Microsoft, Yahoo, Google, Facebook, PalTalk, AOL, Skype, YouTube, Apple."

"Collection" is the USIC term for interception.  And the phrase
"directly from the servers" couldn't be more clear.

Keeping your data in their clouds, or using their email services, only
encourages them.  A boycott of all of them would send a "market signal." 

There's more to this story, and what's been published so far is only the
very small tip of a very large iceberg. 

-G. 



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On 13-06-10-Mon 7:13 PM, William Budington wrote:
> There was some discussion about this at the last meeting, mostly around
> securing personal data on physical devices, but it would be good to have
> another end-user based cryptoparty, even have it be a full-day event
> stemming from Today I Learned.  I'll bring this up at the meeting on
> Wednesday.
>
> Bill
>
> On 06/10/2013 07:02 PM, William Gillis wrote:
>> Hey Sudoroomers,
>>
>> I've been deluged by friends this weekend suddenly interested in things
>> like finally figuring out how to install that there tor, or god forbid
>> venturing into the realm of pgp. I offered my nonstop 1:1 handholding
>> services over facebook to any and all friends and have been a little
>> overwhelmed by the number.
>>
>> Someone local suggested a teach day at Sudoroom and I thought I'd check to
>> see if anyone else is interested and, you know, what actual members have to
>> say.
>>
>> There has never been a more opportune moment for cryptoparty outreach, and
>> yet I haven't seen anyone declare anything yet. Am I just out of the loop?
>>
>>
>>
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