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Carry on citizen. You have nothing to worry about. Yes, the government is collecting all the possible data they can on you, but it's okay. You can trust them to never use it against you if you ever speak against or embarrass the government, or any other future governments.
They really want you to stay current on the JRE.

They really really want you to get off the dangerous, broken JRE 6 version.

They're maintaining the most dangerous client software in the world, and they can't break the language with quarterly releases of exciting new features. They have to love people forward into new releases, or maintain the old releases forever. TZUPDATER is maybe the only thing they can kill to incent people to upgrade. And they're not killing it, they're letting you pay to keep running old, vulnerable versions of software.

Slashdot OP misses the point. You're supposed to upgrade your runtime periodically. They're years behind.
Right on. In fact, I think there's little conclusive evidence linking dietary (ingested) cholesterol to heart disease (though, if I'm not mistaken, there is some/strong? evidence linking blood cholesterol to heart disease).

It's best to assume all nutritional claims are bogus, because the vast majority of them probably are, and there is no way for us to tell which at this point.
Kudos for putting something up, but I'm afraid this is ineffective.

It's not apparent to an impatient visitor which side of the argument you are on, especially to an unthinking visitor, the kind who falls into the "nothing to hide" fallacy.

People on the internet don't read, they skim. And they are unlikely to follow the link at the end that finally, unlike your page, contains an explanation that attempts to refute the "nothing to hide" thinking.

It would be more effective if you started out at the top with a clear statement, then made an attempt to back it up by explaining it in terms even "idiots" (to borrow your word) will understand.
The same thing happened to salmon in Sweden in the early 1800:s. There are stories about servants having contracts about not eating it too ofter as well, but the level of truth in these is questionable.

Either way, salmon was very abundant and became expensive/exclusive. It is getting cheaper again lately, though.

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Secret court orders only apply for data related to US citizens. FISA allows warrantless surveillance of foreign powers. The amount of warrantless data these companies give out is unknown.

>The presentation claims Prism was introduced to overcome what the NSA regarded as shortcomings of Fisa warrants in tracking suspected foreign terrorists. It noted that the US has a "home-field advantage" due to housing much of the internet's architecture. But the presentation claimed "Fisa constraints restricted our home-field advantage" because Fisa required individual warrants and confirmations that both the sender and receiver of a communication were outside the US.

>"Fisa was broken because it provided privacy protections to people who were not entitled to them," the presentation claimed. "It took a Fisa court order to collect on foreigners overseas who were communicating with other foreigners overseas simply because the government was collecting off a wire in the United States. There were too many email accounts to be practical to seek Fisas for all."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/06/us-tech-giants-n...
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Sort of, yes.

But with the US I do have some sympathy. Trouble is, from my British European perspective, I feel that Americans only have two right wing conservative parties to chose from. One of the things that drives me mental is hearing Obama being described by Republicans as "socialist", even "communist", when Obama is politically further right and our Conservative party in the UK. US politics has no "left" what so ever. Obviously that is relative. But from a global perspective I think that holds.

On top of that money is everything in US politics, and the money goes to those two parties. A third party, more to the left, has zero chance. Then of course there is also the loud hysterical fear mongering right wing media. So, who can Americans vote for for real fundamental change? How could a new message even make it through to Americans? Obama was supposed to be that change, but it turns out he is merely a more intelligent looking President than Bush. His policies seem to have ended up as right wing as Bush's. I realise that his situation with the two houses has compromised him, but I don't recall all this spying and other things like killer robot drone murder being a big issue that he has to bend to. He chose to allow all that.

So, from my POV, its not clear to me what American voters can actually do.

Unless, these billionaire tech business men get their money together and "disrupt" traditional US politics with a new party. Which I believe they could fairly easily do. Especially as these people control the new media. While I'll happily mock the statements from google and facebook, I do get the sense that both really didnt like being roped in to the NSA's little scheme one little bit. Well, now may well be the time for them to get together and create a new political space for Americans, and possibly, the rest of us.

But, as things stand, and normally I would agree with your sentiment, I find it very hard to blame the American people. Here in the UK, and Europe, I believe we have far more choice, and can more reasonably be held to account for our governments. I feel that US government, with big business, has become more disconnected from the people than any other democracy in history.
I don't have nothing to hide from the government. This doesn't mean everyone I know should know everything about me. I am just a number for people collecting information about me, whereas for YOU or anyone in my social circle, certain kind of information can change my reputation and the way I'm seen by my peers forever.
Stop equating "the government is doing statistics about people and keeping that information confidential" with "everyone should know everything about anyone".
If you think the problem is that the government could leak that information, anyone that is currently handling your data (e.g. Google) could.
When using Tor+HTTPS, the first NSA eavesdropper can see location. How serious is that?
The leaked materials were not solely housed at an NSA datacenter.
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With all the silly movement and weapon modes it is more like Unreal Tournament than any Quake really.
Noticed you updated the comment…

Re: "Shiny". We're working on a huge number of different features and we didn't want to overload the latest update with things we'd already covered in the first update – things like statistical data visualisation, etc. We're still working on those areas though and they are still a priority, they just don't need as much work as the other features right now.
This has already been cleared up in my opinion. Documents show different program called Upstream that is used for transparently recording data.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/08/nsa-prism-server...
> it's probably worth remembering that this sort of data is probably gapped from the external network (no data flow outward).

Lots of "probably". Indeed the whole eavesdropping story should have been secret, but it seems like it leaked from the same people that decided to protect you.
"...frequently pushes back when requests are overly broad or contain spelling mistakes"

"We include this information in our anual Christmas card whenever possible."

Was that meant to be ironic?
I can give you my reason: I take supplements because I'm positive I'm not getting 100% of my necessary vitamins from my diet/sunlight. Also because on some days I might need more, and on others less, so I make sure that I take enough for even the most "vitaminy-requiring days" (i.e. after infection but before symptoms of a disease, or after workout). That's why I take a dose that's higher than the RDA. There's almost no evidence contrary to taking higher-than-normal doses of vitamins, except for the ones that get stored in fatty acid such as VitA and VitD. For those I watch out that I don't take too much. On the other hand, there's a lot of studies done where people deficient in vitamins have lots of adverse health effects which they may not even be aware of. I figured that there's lots of potential benefits to gain from taking vitamin supplements, and if it doesn't work then I'm only out money.
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> People hide who they are because other people hide who they are.

NO dude, people hide who they are because other people don't like who they are or because other people may wrongly interpret who they are without the proper context, a fact that is known throughout history to have lead to discrimination, marginalization and even genocide when taken to the extreme.
'Sext me later': How has US college hook-up culture evolved with social media?
Nah, I'd go straight for:

Please list the names, addresses, dates of birth, phone numbers, and any private information you may have access to (SSN, credit card number, banking details) of your mother, father, brothers, sisters, children, and any other family members.

Might as well throw in all the info you have for any friends and acquaintances too.

And their private photos, too, because you don't care about hiding things that people have shared with you in confidence, right? You must not, because you said you have nothing to hide.
Current fruits are with much higher sugar content than in generations past. So you are pumping yourself with fructose much faster.
>Do you think they'll ever admit they are responsible for something like that?

Probably not. Doesn't that just make the whole thing even more of a bad idea though?
Might be the Vitamin B, anecdotally I've heard some people getting headaches from high doses of it.
Great list!

I tried to think of a persuasive, semi-automated way to use it and came up with this:

First, make a website where you would log in with Facebook or Google (and optionally give your Twitter handle) and then give answers to questions like the ones above. Filled-in answer forms would be stored and then (by default) accessible to the public (through a search form and a "latest" column on the front page). Include a small checkbox at the bottom to keep the filled-in form hidden from the public but available to the government upon request.

Now, when people say they "have nothing to hide" to you on-line do the following:

1. Link them to that website.

2. At this point they will most likely try to qualify their initial statement with a "from the government".

3. Bring to their attention the checkbox at the bottom.

4. "But the owner of the website might sell the data anyway!"

5. You are now at a good starting point for an in-depth conversation about privacy ("How is this different from Facebook?").

Of course, this is rather manipulative and could become obnoxiously overused, but would you rather this tool existed or not? Feel free also to suggest your improvements.
"Slashdot OP misses the point. You're supposed to upgrade your runtime periodically. They're years behind."

Never supported mission/life critical apps in an enterprise that require an older runtime? It's not the users fault that a dev built an application that's only compatible with a specific runtime version.
For me, this misses the point. Regardless of whether or not I have nothing to hide now, that doesn't mean I won't have anything to hide in the future. We would you give the government a permanent lease on your personal details into the indefinite future? Even if you stay exactly the same, the government can change.
Any keynote speakers, conference organizers, or frequent conference attendees have other tips?
>We have no idea what they actually did prevent, and a single case where they failed demonstrates little.

And that is the problem. Zero accountability to the very populace they are taking liberties away from.
> I think the stuff about humanely killing the lobsters is hogwash.

Is there any disadvantage to stabbing the lobster in the head first? I mean, it just takes a second or two per lobster.
It amazes me how the racism embedded in our theoretical "equality" prevents people from talking about the real threat here.

Sure, there's the philosophical loss of privacy and the threat of fear-based self-censorship. But the real people under attack are those with tenuous immigration status, low income and/or affiliation with minority communities. These are the people the US has been terrorizing since 9/11, yet don't have enough social capital to get the media (or HN) involved when they're illegally searched and wrongfully accused.
Awesome - I like the 'depth' feature of the tube network. I assume this data is also provided by TFL? If so, it is quite good of them to provide so much data to the public domain.
For what it's worth, regarding the multivitamin and prostate cancer study: http://www.rayandterry.com/blog/prostate-cancer-and-vitamin-...
Nothing to hide but the title and subtext of this article?
I'm not sure why we should take for granted that the NSA has a better security story than other branches of government. I have not been impressed with any of the US government offices I've worked with at any level.

I would find it somewhat relieving to find out that the NSA is run better than the rest of the government, but I don't see any reason to believe that's the case. If anything, they are likely as over-confident and technically out-of-touch at the higher administrative levels as their peers.
Bizarre MtGox Tweet - deleted? fake?
When you have travelled a bit, you come to recognize that people do have interesting social behaviours that are intrinsic to the region and/or culture which are different from your own. The inhibition of Scandivians is easy enough to recognize, just as the British "stiff upper lip", which is very similar, is. It's not a caricature (did my description seem particularly grotesque or comical to you?), although it is obviously a generalization.
He/she might work for the government. Now, or in the future.

And you (and they) are assuming the government can keep private information private.

And the second part of what you said is compelling. I do wonder though whether the benefit achieved by the action stfu suggests might on balance overcome any detriment.
An excellent illustration for those already familiar with the concepts.

However, I not sure its that easy to understand for those who don't know what "location" means, and the text is slightly small and hard to read. It would be a great improvement if they showed a small help text if one hovered over a label inside one of the yellow boxes.

Still, a very excellent job of EFF.
Is this something you believe because it should be true, or because you have some evidence that it is true?
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> Seems to be tradition rather than anything rational.

Whenever you eat something there is going to be a yuck-factor if it is feeding off of garbage.

I suppose that is a common factor for lobster, pigs and dogs. All of them "unclean" in Judaism.
That is a beautiful metaphor. I mean that sincerely.

I care. If I didn't, I wouldn't have posted what I did.

But let me clarify. What I meant by the above is that by the recent leaks I feel like I've been photographed in a public place rather than in my bathroom. Further, I feel like I've given some degree of implied consent, or if I haven't, I would in order to keep using the technology that we all so enjoy. I offer these feelings as an anecdote to say that I think most people in my generation feel the same way.

As an aside, my feelings are similar but ultimately different from the "you don't have to worry if you have nothing to hide" argument. It's more "you don't have to worry about it if you've decided not to" with absolutely zero connotation as to what you as an individual should choose to do.

I do agree that this won't work for everybody. My grandmother probably doesn't know that cell base stations can, and do, log connections and RSSIs, making it easy for a cell phone company to know where you are whenever your phone's radio is reaching out in the most basic way. I don't think she has the information to make the kind of implied consent that I have. That definitely angers me.

You mention history. I don't think it's too much of a stretch to argue that government's ability to collect these data about us is actually preventing the kind of paranoia that brought about McCarthyism or Japanese internment. I'd imagine people in government today view these as horrible, crude, blunt instruments which mitigated tiny amounts of threat at huge irreparable cost. If we're going to have the paranoia, I'd rather they use surgeons tools and look before they leap.

That segues into my real concern. Paranoia. All of the activity discussed in these recent leaks stem from the same kind of paranoia that brought about the incredibly dark periods in our history which I mentioned above. How did we stop it those times? I think the answer is that we didn't. So how do we stop it now?

I care. I want to do something, but I love my country and I don't think paranoia can be battled with further paranoia or outrage. Sadly, I don't know the tools with which to fight.
The data is all publicly available TFL data. Although a lot of work has gone into making it all useable. We're hoping to give back and help improve some of the ways TFL structure their data too
If it's disconnected from the internet, how is it going to get any new data? If there's a way for it to get new data, then, well... isn't that exactly how Stuxnet happened?
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Key exchange can also be secured. Ephemeral keys can make it difficult to sustain an attack on key storage at endpoints.

The everyday use of strong encryption would be a lot more than a "band aid." It would mean securing our right to be secure in our documents against any attack, legal or technical. It would become a right any individual could enforce against all comers.
The fact you are paranoid doesn't mean that there is not someone out there to get you.

This is useful information. Having access to someones social graph and contact list could go a long way to subverting dissidents.

If by chance NSA is aiding Russia and China by helping them secure internal stability and giving them more energy to play on the international scene is rather ironic.

Also it is not about downloading. Thing about the things you could do by just altering the data.
How secure is ssl? Can't NSA fake a certificate?
Very cool. What % of the platform (if any) would you say is tailored to London? (ie how easy is it to implement other cities - assuming the mapping/traffic data is present)
By location they mean your IP (from which they can get your address, by asking the ISP). As long as they can't links the two captured packets, they just know that you're using Tor.
This isn't a blockbuster action film, it's a data center. I think this sort of thing is interesting but I write software. I wouldn't bet any amount of money that everyone along the PRISM chain of decision making is as impressed with the idea of a super-fortress data center. Corners get cut, work is pushed towards those with connections instead of the ones who can best do the job. Compromises are made, money goes here instead of there.

I find the idea of a super-fortress of data a bit far-fetched to begin with, that such a place would be goverment run seems even more ridiculous.
>Why doesn't simply being disconnected from the internet and located in the middle of nowhere Utah locked in a super-secure fortress with the best network engineers, computer experts, and cryptologists suffice?

Because nobody can use it there. You might as well put it at the bottom of the ocean -- or not collect it in the first place. At some point you have to give agents in the outside world a way to use the data or it's totally worthless, and then you have an exploitation vector.

>Am I giving the NSA too much undeserved credit?

There is always a difference between best-in-class and infallible. And the problem is that you only have to be wrong once.

Also, this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5848148
Yes. Kim Jong-il had personal slaves. Plus thousands of North Koreans work to death in concentration camps.

And comparing Singapore to North Korea is just absurd. You might as well just reference the Nazi's and be done with Godwin's law (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin's_law)
Well only if its from your ISP.

And the illustration should add that both the NSA eavesdropper(s) would get that information actually. Since data is shared.
This isn't a reference library. In the absence of a citation, I think its perfectly acceptable to automatically read that (or any comment post or blog) as "My perception is..." and move on without criticizing.
They only see the location of the user entering Tor, which is only really an issue if using Tor itself is illegal, or they also control the exit node you are using. In the second case, it would be possible (though unlikely) for them to correlate the entry and exit through bandwidth and timing.
"Modern" FPSs (COD, Battlefield, etc) have one killer feature, at least on consoles, RE skill-balancing—intelligent matchmaking.

With a large enough volume of players, players get matched by skill—meaning fewere "noobs" getting owned and an overall more balanced match.

I noticed Xonotic has player stats on the homepage—I wonder if those could be used for this.
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What are the advantages of this over

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Yea, sorry about that, I thought I edited it quickly enough that no one will have read it yet.

My ninja skillz need training.
well you sure know how to give a HN submission the least enticing name possible..
Do they really need to fake it? It surely might be a part of the famous indirectly accessed data.
Yes you are giving them too much undeserved credit. You're asking us to have faith in a government agency being able to keep an enormous amount of digital data (and growing fast) when we've already seen that fail plenty of times.

So the NSA is special? What happens when the political winds change and they experience budget cutbacks, and some of the really talented employees move to the private sector? Or when they bring in outside private sector contractors.

The slip up doesn't even have to be monumental in itself, but the consequences are. The real terrorism (the one that will actually affect a large number of people) is and will be cyber based. You're basically stockpiling weapons.
The absence of data is not somehow possible data

When you don't HAVE the data, it is nonsense to make conclusions as if you have the data, which is exactly what you and others are doing. Terrible reasoning indeed.

shows that the FBI/NSA/big brother already can't process all of the data

Once again -- no data (you have absolutely no idea what data they have or don't have), but you can declare that the problem is processing data.

There is a trend here.
There’s a little description text at the top explaining the meaning of the various labels, including ‘location’ (the last bullet point).
Talking about the content of what they might know is a distraction of the real problem. If there is too much power and information with one organization (the goverment in this case) bad things happen to individuals that go against these organizations.

This a problem that's not exclusive to police states, it also affect western democracies and corporations. For the US right now the individuals at stake are the ones that go against and or scare the status quo: whisteblowers, hackers, political activists, etc.

If you want a concrete example the post on HN from just a few hours ago is a great one: https://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/05/15-7