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cromwellian
on June 7, 2013
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The Internet Is a Surveillance State
Encryption doesn't defeat traffic analysis, and a lot of the recently reported surveillance is based on metadata to generate leads.
err_badprocrast
on June 7, 2013
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So what if you use something like a Russian VPN or Tor? It seems like that would only be vulnerable to attacks based on exact connection times and to traffic volume analysis, both of which could be avoided by generating fake traffic.
Herring
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Too few people do that. They can afford to tag you for other kinds of surveillance.
If the State wants your head, there's not much you can do even if you're innocent.
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