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Don't be silly. Everybody knows they track all of us so they know where we are when it's time for the jack-booted thugs in the black helicopters to round all of us sheeple up and lock us in the FEMA camps.
I think that is what some folks here are worried about.
Give us some examples of some proper precautions to ensure the government isnt listening to our cell phone conversations or isnt tracking our computer activity or watching us trough satellite.
Give us some examples of some proper precautions to ensure the government isnt listening to our cell phone conversations or isnt tracking our computer activity or watching us trough satellite.
You can't ensure it. As I said before, all you can do is reduce the possiblity. You can mostly eliminate the exposure you give, but you won't be bullet proof. So it's all about just drastically reducing what could be seen.
I use a VPN. That's one simple way. You can also use Tor. And apps do exist for secure communications, although they do require that the other person be using it as well...so that doesn't really work for me since nobody else in my social circle really cares much about this topic. But apps like Signal do exist. There's a bunch of similar apps as well, mostly things that do the same thing as the regular app...but with added privacy. Apple is pretty good, iMessage is surprisingly safe (as all messages are encrypted), although a few days ago a report did say they do log contact info for up to 30 days. Encrypting your hard drive is also another option. As far as protecting yourself from getting your accounts hacked (which I think more people are concerned about than being spied on) you can use a password manager to create strong passwords and use two-factor authentication.
I don't do all of these things, as some of them are worth it and some of them aren't. But I do some of them. It's really a personal decision on which ones you want to do, if any at all. I will say that I have nothing to hide, I don't have an information sensitive job or anything like that, but the subject of privacy is something that greatly concerns me and I think the "I have nothing to hide" argument is a pretty lame one.
Encryption? The Poles broke the German Emiga code in 1932. US intelligence broke the Japanese code in WWII. Do you think NSA is not capable of breaking any code in existence??\
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You can't ensure it. As I said before, all you can do is reduce the possiblity. You can mostly eliminate the exposure you give, but you won't be bullet proof. So it's all about just drastically reducing what could be seen.
I use a VPN. That's one simple way. You can also use Tor. And apps do exist for secure communications, although they do require that the other person be using it as well...so that doesn't really work for me since nobody else in my social circle really cares much about this topic. But apps like Signal do exist. There's a bunch of similar apps as well, mostly things that do the same thing as the regular app...but with added privacy. Apple is pretty good, iMessage is surprisingly safe (as all messages are encrypted), although a few days ago a report did say they do log contact info for up to 30 days. Encrypting your hard drive is also another option. As far as protecting yourself from getting your accounts hacked (which I think more people are concerned about than being spied on) you can use a password manager to create strong passwords and use two-factor authentication.
I don't do all of these things, as some of them are worth it and some of them aren't. But I do some of them. It's really a personal decision on which ones you want to do, if any at all. I will say that I have nothing to hide, I don't have an information sensitive job or anything like that, but the subject of privacy is something that greatly concerns me and I think the "I have nothing to hide" argument is a pretty lame one.
Encryption? The Poles broke the German Emiga code in 1932. US intelligence broke the Japanese code in WWII. Do you think NSA is not capable of breaking any code in existence??\
Read what I said. Of course the NSA can still hack it, but you can reduce the possibility of it occurring.
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