[Cialug] July Meeting: ComSec Strategies

[Scott Yates]

I don't think everyone came to the same conclusion, but I personally
believe that.  Also, I think Cory Doctorow is more upset about the
possibility of our computers being locked down or just generally out of our
control.  While that is related to the current issue, it is arguably more
important.


On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 8:45 AM, Pete Trbovich <
levitating_rock at linuxquestions.net> wrote:

>
> > "for some value of "privacy", things are already
> beyond where it makes much sense to encrypt everything."
>
> I've been furiously preaching this for five years, so I'm glad you all
> came to the conclusion independently last night. Now could you help out in
> the tech sector putting down the Snowden-noia? Perhaps somebody pull
> Richard Stallman, Cory Doctorow, or Glyn Moody back off the window ledge?
>
> - Pete
>
> --- Scott at yatesframe.com wrote:
>
> From: Scott Yates <Scott at yatesframe.com>
> To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group <cialug at cialug.org>
> Subject: Re: [Cialug] July Meeting: ComSec Strategies
> Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2013 22:58:10 -0500
>
> Yes, it was a lot of fun.  My takeaway was that for some value of
> "privacy", things are already beyond where it makes much sense to encrypt
> everything.  I think it might make more sense to start generating "outlier"
> traffic to make all this signal gathering much noisier, and less
> statistically meaningful.
>
> Garbage in - garbage out.
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 10:39 PM, kristau <kristau at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Well we didn't get a lot of ComSec talk at my end of the table, but I
> still
> > think we had a lot of fun! Thanks to everyone who showed up!
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 6:29 PM, kristau <kristau at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > On my way!
> > > On Jul 17, 2013 6:12 PM, "jim kraai" <jimgkraai at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >> We're here, our table is ready if you want to come early.
> > >>
> > >> --jim
> > >> On Jul 12, 2013 2:33 PM, "jim kraai" <jimgkraai at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> > in the spirit of the do-ocratic process (why would anyone in their
> > right
> > >> > mind allow me to do things like this?) ...
> > >> >
> > >> > Who:    Each and every fine member of the CIALUG
> > >> > What:   Round Table Discussion: What can I do to mitigate
> > surveillance?
> > >> > Where: Party Room at Felix & Oscar's on MHR
> > >> > Why:    Geeky goodness, great pizza, and maybe even a beer
> > >> >
> > >> > Cost:    Just your own food/drinks
> > >> >
> > >> > So, let's try to focus on personal and home-level strategies to
> > keeping
> > >> > our unintended online audience as small as is practical.
> > >> >
> > >> > Sgt. at Arms:  Be prepared to toss anyone who says, "If you're not
> > doing
> > >> > anything wrong, you have nothing to hide." or any variant thereof.
> > >> >
> > >> > Could someone get this on the vbeers calendar, please and thank you?
> > >> >
> > >> > --jim
> > >> >
> > >> >
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> > >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Tired programmer
> > Coding late into the night
> > The core dump follows
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