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Google receives subpoena for "deleted" gMail
kyplumber
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http://www.digg.com/security/Google_receives_subpoena_for_deleted_gMail
quote:by gronne on 3/17/06
Wow. Between this and the re-classification of our historical documents, decreased government transparency, is anyone not at least a little freaked out yet? [reply]
by PhantomZmoove on 3/17/06
Hell yes it freaks me out, but what can we do about it? Write a letter to out local representatives? Yeah, that usually generates a generic response from their assistant. Long gone are the days that the people can stand up to government. The right to bear arms doesn't really pan out against tanks & aircraft.
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quote:by gronne on 3/17/06
Wow. Between this and the re-classification of our historical documents, decreased government transparency, is anyone not at least a little freaked out yet? [reply]
by PhantomZmoove on 3/17/06
Hell yes it freaks me out, but what can we do about it? Write a letter to out local representatives? Yeah, that usually generates a generic response from their assistant. Long gone are the days that the people can stand up to government. The right to bear arms doesn't really pan out against tanks & aircraft.
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As I always say to those that talk computers with me: Security is a priority. Use your PGP or GPG to encrypt your email (provided the reciever has a compatable program that they use), set up encrypted filesystems on your computer, etc. etc.
best thing going, for free
http://www.truecrypt.org/
You will do as you wish. I, however,believe these'codes' are cracked...and you send private information at your own peril.
The government may have some hacks that private citizens aren't aware of, but that doesn't change the fact that the best hackers in the private sector have failed to break them.
Highball, I used to agree with you on security being futile. After seriously studying the issue, I do believe that several encryption algorithms are very strong.
The government may have some hacks that private citizens aren't aware of, but that doesn't change the fact that the best hackers in the private sector have failed to break them.
What a great opportunity for my first post here. I have been lurking and reading for some time, but just can't pass up this chance. Bear in mind that this post represents only my .02 and YMMV but....
I have degrees in cybercrime technology/computer forensics and computer security. I work as a consultant to LE and defense attorneys both conducting investigations and as an expert witness in crimes involving computer forensics and can say in all confidence that while encryption can theoretically be broken, but it would take about 1000 years on the fastest computers available to break some of the encryption algorithms available today. In fact, there used to be a $1M "bounty" out to anyone who could reliably defeat PGP. There were "rumors" of a government mandated backdoor built in after PGP v.5.0, but they are just that - rumors. I can tell you for a FACT that no one I know in LE (including FBI) can defeat modern encryption. I use it all the time and have complete confidence in its effectiveness.
Welcome aboard. Hopefully not in your professional capacity...[:D]
The arguments are hot, heavy...and ultimately futile, I fear...
Welcome to the forum.
You are not a lurker any more. [;)]
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