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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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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Why are we stipulating these providers aren’t already owned up? Teenagers have owned and held more consequential sites in the last 5 years.
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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just saw your movie
#Snowden you are a very brave man. Btw I always knew they were violating our privacy and you publicly proved itThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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NSA gains access to bulk foreign email data by helping foreign intelligence services penetrate foreign data centers and then share data back to NSA. Since the data is foreign sourced (shared from foreign partner), NSA can presume no USP data and store in bulk.
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How do we know? Because NSA did this to Google, *despite* the availability of PRISM. The infamous smiley face slide. :-)
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