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Originally Posted by acidzebra
On a related note, I still don't understand that people don't encrypt all their data and email traffic out of habit and general principles - because we can discuss interesting crypto but the fact remains the US government has no right to inspect my private data and communications, nor does anyone else.
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should I routinely encrypt my data and email? The vast majority of it is in no way sensitive or confidential, and a don't
care if anyone else sees it.
Encrypting my email would require everyone I exchange mail with to have the ability to decrypt it. Most don't - they lack both the software and the knowledge required, and have no interest in acquiring either.
For that matter, my primary email account is web based through GMail. Theoretically speaking, Google can read my mail (and in fact, their algorithms that determine relevant text ads to display
do scan it.) So what? As a general rule, I've never considered email to be secure technology, and I don't say things in email I'd be all that upset about if they became public. Unless you're me, my email will either be incomprehensible or stupefyingly boring.
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I also don't understand that US citizens accept this kind of big brother behavior by their government. Land of the free, indeed.
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"Freedom" has many meanings. For the folks who support that sort of thing, the most important freedom is freedom from fear, and they think that sort of action on the part of the government will help provide it.
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Dennis