This is an unintended consequence of the @Snowden leaks. The NSA can't hack inside the US, so if you use Gmail, TAO is likely not legally able to get into your inbox. But people freak out and forget this because they just assume NSA does whatever it wants.https://twitter.com/tqbf/status/938551311397728257 …
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TAO is relevant of you use non US email providers. (Hard to explain yourself in tweets)
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Respectfully, misses the point. Requiring NSA to have a ROC operator hack an email provider and task the implant to specially exfiltrate your inbox back to the mother ship is enormously less likely than a persona analyst going "hm, my guy uses Gmail. Let me get my Word template."
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By word template I'm assuming you mean the PRISM request?
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Yes.
@tqbf's take is magical thinking, presuming if NSA *has the authority* to try and hack something, they already have (and have no concerns on exfil volume, resourcing, etc). He's no dummy (he was right on DNSSEC; I was wrong), but I feel misses the forest for the trees here. -
Provider-enabled disclosure is *always* a more realistic threat than "NSA's overscheduled hacker unit is running a live op to get my personal mail spool," because the cheapest, laziest access mechanism is the most likely to be used. But neither is the primary risk for most folks.
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On the latter point we agree, which militates even more strongly against adopting random “secure” email providers overseas.
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I am not coming from a place of undying love for Google or patriotic fervor for storing emails in US data centers.
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Okay then my question is what is your recommended secure email service? Doesn’t have to be end to end encrypted but that’s nice also.
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It really depends on your threat model. If you are not worried about NSA/FBI then Gmail imho.
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You know that Google is much more than a PRISM partner. I asked you when you are at Moscow aiport. Remember? Google is much more. A intelligence agency disguised as a cool company.
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.STUPIDIDIOT.
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Long live Snowden!!!
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Just watched Snowden the movie for the first time, sooo thank you 4 your courage!
#PardonSnowden I realize reading through all these tweets, I need to lear more about computers!!!! LolThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Here We Go Again, double standard Justice. NSA can hack without permission, FBI can hack also but needs permission
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So how does Google enforce the non-USP part? I don't recall explicitly telling Google that I'm a USP...
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Knowing still doesn't change anything, that wasn't suspected before. Just the gatekeepers change as personnel migrate. Encryption.
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