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by SilliMon 13y ago
You can always encrypt on the client, so the Google data centers are just pushing encrypted blobs around. It makes like a bit more complex, but PGP can be used for mail and here's how to protect GDrive files: https://news.yc
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by SilliMon 13y ago
PGP is the best option, but makes it harder for the recipient. Perhaps added security = added hassle, and there's no way around that. Here's how to protect GDrive files: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6644888
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by SilliMon 13y ago
No, in the past, only if you were a tin-foil hat wearing paranoid. We expected our government to uphold the law, specifically the 4th Amendment, which protects us from unlawful searches.
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Help foil the NSA by Encrypting Google Drive(syncdocs.com)
2 points by SilliMon 13y ago|4 comments
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by SilliMon 13y ago
I find it interesting that no one has suggested any Microsoft tools, .NET or C# I guess these are all dead now?
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by SilliMon 13y ago
Amazing - better than raise the Titanic
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Top Australian Spy also caught lying to parliment(crikey.com.au)
1 points by SilliMon 13y ago|0 comments
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by SilliMon 13y ago
Russian control of Wikileaks makes sense of Snowden's actions. Then again, it may just be conincidence?
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by SilliMon 13y ago
What's most worrying about this is that Dropbox is injecting itself into processes like NotePad++ and Firefox that have nothing to do with shell extensions. Either this is lazy coding, or there is some malicious intent to spy.
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by SilliMon 13y ago
If I were the NSA, I would run these VPN services. They provide a perfect honeypot to gather the "illegal" web users or those with something to hide, in one place.
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by SilliMon 13y ago
Sounds promising. SSDs have good potential as a cache for bigger backend spinning disks.
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by SilliMon 13y ago
Ditto for Google Drive, encrypt it with something like Syncdocs[1] to keep files private. Encryption keys are like car keys - you need to own them, not Google. [1] http://syncdocs.com
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by SilliMon 13y ago
It is might be time for an audit of code submits to the encryption libararies in open source projects.
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by SilliMon 13y ago
It is probably time for an audit of code submits to the encryption libararies in open source projects.
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Attention deficit disorder at Google(paulwallbank.com)
1 points by SilliMon 13y ago|0 comments
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by SilliMon 13y ago
What did he do that is worthy of 100 years in jail?
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by SilliMon 13y ago
Just because something is in the cloud doesn't mean you don't need backups. Backup your entire Google account. Here's a tool to do it: http://www.syncdocs.com/ Print out the 10 password recovery codes Google
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Leaked: damning internal email trail from inside the WikiLeaks Party(media.crikey.com.au)
2 points by SilliMon 13y ago|2 comments
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by SilliMon 13y ago
A good read. Is the recent speed improvement in TOR due to this being done?
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by SilliMon 13y ago
seems like it, why not just invent a big number?
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by SilliMon 13y ago
The best cloud security solution is one where you control the encryption keys AND stuff is encrypted on your device BEFORE uploading to the cloud. We tried SpiderOak but the security was hard for our users. We ended up using Syncdocs which
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by SilliMon 13y ago
What band is it using?
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by SilliMon 13y ago
But the rule of law is only for the media and whistleblowers, not for governments.
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by SilliMon 13y ago
So who actually owns the cables in international waters? And what's to stop multiple countries tapping the same fibre?
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by SilliMon 13y ago
Not necessarily; few employees are willing to take a pay cut - that is why 5% of staff are laid off, rather than everyone in the company taking a 5% cut. The latter would probably be more efficient for the company. However many workers woul