I respect Pamela's decision to shut down, but we can't all just curl up & die. We shouldn't stop using the Internet. But we Still, we can't let them steal what's left of our privacy. Our only recourse is for everyone to make themselves as small a target as possible.
Start encrypting phone calls, text messages, browsing. Stop storing files on Dropbox, in Gmail, in iCloud, etc., and stash everything in a Cloudlocker (www.cloudlocker.it) which stays in your house where they still need a warrant to look inside. What a shame it's come to this, but we have to protect ourselves from the people who are supposed to protect us.
I think the NSA revelations are a much-needed wake-up call for people using the Internet. We've been too cavalier about it for too long. We willingly gave up our privacy. OK, we didn't know about NSA & PRISM. But we need to take action now to protect ourselves.
Get your stuff off the cloud where it's a sitting duck for NSA, not to mention Google, Microsoft, Apple, Dropbox or whoever is hosting it for you. They're ALL looking at your stuff, either to find reasons to get you or find ways to get your money.
Still want to get to your files over the Internet? Then put them in something like a Cloudlocker (cloudlocker.it), which stays in your house where no one can get to it without a warrant issued on probable cause you're a bad guy. That's the way it's supposed to work. Hopefully, we'll see more products like this to help ordinary people protect what little of our privacy we have left.
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We can't just curl up and die
I respect Pamela's decision to shut down, but we can't all just curl up & die. We shouldn't stop using the Internet. But we Still, we can't let them steal what's left of our privacy. Our only recourse is for everyone to make themselves as small a target as possible.
Start encrypting phone calls, text messages, browsing. Stop storing files on Dropbox, in Gmail, in iCloud, etc., and stash everything in a Cloudlocker (www.cloudlocker.it) which stays in your house where they still need a warrant to look inside. What a shame it's come to this, but we have to protect ourselves from the people who are supposed to protect us.
NSA's wakeup call about privacy on the Internet
I think the NSA revelations are a much-needed wake-up call for people using the Internet. We've been too cavalier about it for too long. We willingly gave up our privacy. OK, we didn't know about NSA & PRISM. But we need to take action now to protect ourselves.
Get your stuff off the cloud where it's a sitting duck for NSA, not to mention Google, Microsoft, Apple, Dropbox or whoever is hosting it for you. They're ALL looking at your stuff, either to find reasons to get you or find ways to get your money.
Still want to get to your files over the Internet? Then put them in something like a Cloudlocker (cloudlocker.it), which stays in your house where no one can get to it without a warrant issued on probable cause you're a bad guy. That's the way it's supposed to work. Hopefully, we'll see more products like this to help ordinary people protect what little of our privacy we have left.