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Moreover, it's clear that people don't much care. There are effective encryption technology that anyone can use to prevent government interception of their messaging traffic.
I know of these tools and am equipped to use them (Gnupg, jsteg, etc) and even have a second email address that is TRULY anonymous and automatically sends encrypted emails as the default. The problem is not me, it is everyone else.
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It should be the default behavior of all communications software.
This is a joke, right? Your encryption tools will not stop the government from decrypting your files, unless you have your own very good ones that you haven't told the government about. And a default behavior on all communications software would be required to provide a "back door" to law enforcement by whoever was providing it.
The only way to ensure that the government doesn't read anybody's communications is by not allowing the government to do so, and enforcing it.
The subject line indicates that the connection here is a stretch, but it really bothers me, so I'm posting it. I accept any criticism for it.
The NYT is writes this morning that Chiquita International has pled guilty to paying $1.7M to right-wing paramilitary groups in Colombia, classified by the USG as terrorist organizations. Colombia is considering seeking extradition of the senior execs.
If a corporation is a person before the law, can't it be sent to Guantanamo Bay for the "duration of the conflict"? Better yet, can Chiquita International be rendered to a black prison or a foreign country in case there are any ticking time-bananas? Why aren't they illegal enemy combatants, subject to a CSRT and military commissions? Aren't their cases capable of "clogging the courts"?
William Anderson is still technically "at large" and wanted by the state of Madhya Pradesh, India for his alleged role in the Bhopal disaster.
The erosion of the rule of law in this country starts with corporations, not right-wing ideologues.
