Protect your Information from the Government
I got a very interesting e-mail today from the Electronic Frontier Foundation. It is basically a how-to guide on protecting your information from legal (and illegal) government surveillance. So whether you don’t want Obama’s goons (much like Bush’s) illegally reading your e-mail or you you think the authorities might actually come a’knockin’ with an actual warrant, take a look at this website.
March 3rd, 2009
EFF Releases How-To Guide to Fight Government Spying
‘Surveillance Self-Defense’ Gives Practical Advice on Protecting Your Private Data
…”Despite a long and troubling history in this country of the government abusing its surveillance powers, most Americans know very little about how the law protects them or about how they can take steps to protect themselves against government surveillance,” said EFF Senior Staff Attorney Kevin Bankston. “The Surveillance Self-Defense project offers citizens a legal and technical toolkit with tips on how to defend themselves in case the government attempts to search, seize, subpoena or spy on their most private data.”…
This is a link to EFF’s Surveillance Self-Defense.
“The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has created this Surveillance Self-Defense site to educate the American public about the law and technology of government surveillance in the United States, providing the information and tools necessary to evaluate the threat of surveillance and take appropriate steps to defend against it…
Here are some examples of the kinds of adversaries that may pose a threat to your digital privacy and security:
- U.S. government agents that follow laws which limit their activities
- U.S. government agents that are willing and able to operate without legal restrictions
- Foreign governments
- Civil litigants who have filed or intend to file a lawsuit against you
- Companies that store or otherwise have access to your data
- Individual employees who work for those companies
- Hackers or organized criminals who randomly break into your computer, or the computers of companies that store your data
- Hackers or organized criminals that specifically target your computer or the computers of the companies that store your data
- Stalkers, private investigators or other private parties who want to eavesdrop on your communications or obtain access to your machines…
