[Crypto-chi] NSA to infect millions and bypass crypto

[Brian]

There is a key sentence in the article: " [...] targeted computers and 
to siphon out data from foreign Internet and phone networks."

You are not the specific target. The NSA is not your enemy. You don't 
live in a foreign country, or run a foreign network that is used by 
foreign governments, advocate groups, NGOs, or open source projects 
intended to safeguard people like the Tor Project.

Key logging is nothing new. Webcam or Microphone monitoring is nothing 
new. TAO is nothing new. This article rehashes everything we already 
know.

The USG and others are trying to circumvent encryption in so many ways, 
why you ask? Because strong encryption WORKS and they CAN'T defeat it.

-Brian


On 17-02-2015 23:20, joe fuentes wrote:
> Hello everyone!
> 
> Whilst this isn't surprising to read about the NSA - and its brit
> lackey dog, the GCHQ - is up to its old bag of tricks, wot is a bit
> disturbing is how it plans to get around crypto by utilizing implants
> and enable keylogging, webcam and microphone captures and other
> dastardly and diabolical shenanigans. The first part of the article is
> standard stuff though very interesting read but pay close attention to
> the section beginning with CIRCUMVENTING ENCRYPTION.
> 
> Now I pose a question to the group; whilst we use crypto tools to
> guard our privacy _how in the heck do we cope with wot these
> intelligence agencies are doling out as described in this article
> _(which wuz based on the Snowden leaks)??
> 
> Thoughts?
> 
> https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/03/12/nsa-plans-infect-millions-computers-malware/
> [1]
> 
> -Joe
> 
> 
> 
> Links:
> ------
> [1]
> https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/03/12/nsa-plans-infect-millions-computers-malware/
> 
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