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7/25/2013 3:44:20 AM
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NSA/FBI wants web encryption keys
[url]http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-57595202-38/feds-put-heat-on-web-firms-for-master-encryption-keys/[/url]
tl;dr
When you use HTTP, everything your browser sends over the network is unencrypted; it is plain text which anyone can read if they are monitoring the link. When you use HTTPS, your browser and the web server encrypts plain text into ciphertext so if anyone is watching, all they see is gibberish. To decrypt the gibberish back to something that's readable, they need the [[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public-key_cryptography]private[/url]] encryption key, which only the web server should have. If a third party, like the NSA or FBI, is able to get a copy of the key and is able to monitor the network, they can decrypt the data as well. Meaning, everything you transmit is now readable to them.
Considering how much you rely on this technology, even unknowingly, this is something you should definitely be worried about.
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1 ReplyGiven 'em a private key that renders all incoming text into the US Constitution.
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America: stop watching me watch porn
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12 RepliesStill, it's not like we can do anything about it.
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6 RepliesI can sort-of why people freak out over the NSA watching us, but what about the companies who have that information already? Think about the kind of information Google has about you: everything you've searched (duh), everywhere you've been on the internet (if you use Chrome), all the information in your Google account (obviously, but it is used for a lot of stuff, and everything you do carries metadata), and basically anything you do on your phone (if you have an Android device). they aren't held to the same kind of restrictions that the Government is, in regards to what info they can gather, and what they do with it, and the government has to request this info from them in the first place. Why are people getting mad at the government when private companies go further than the government is allowed?
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I'm probably already on two or three watchlists, so I doubt this will change anything for me personally.
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The NSA can eat shit.
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1 ReplyI would think that the main use of HTTPS is to secure financial transactions online. As aggressive as Government monitoring systems can be, i highly doubt that they are willing to commit financial theft and fraud.
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Snake: So patriotism is your excuse for circumventing the constitution? Congres:......... Snake: Huh, the hell with you!
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3 RepliesRemember when America was supposed to be the land of the free?
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13 RepliesWhat the -blam!-, I wonder how Obama will try to justify this.
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Well, at least they asked nicely. They're just skipping the middle man of having to crack it themselves.
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Now this I have a problem with.
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3 RepliesMaybe there's something I'm missing, but why do people instantly blame the government? Why not the companies that are oh-so-concerned with users' privacy that comply with the guv'mint's demands like this?
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3 RepliesWow, I am agreeing with Daz on something? Halt the -blam!-ing presses. There is a full blown assault on our constitutional rights. 1st, 2nd, 4th, 6th, and 10th. Those rights that limit the power of the government are undesirable to today's rulers. In their eyes the power does not belong to the people, it belongs to them. Yet you people wonder why some scream about tyranny and oppression. The recent bullshit with the NSA is exhibit -blam!-ing A. I hope some of you really open your eyes, the government is not our friend and never has been.
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Lets sue the government! That'll solve this! It has to!
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Yeah, let's give those to a technologically incompetent government. I'm [i]sure[/i] that won't open any back doors.
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^^ Server owners need to tell the Feds and the NSA to stick it.
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There was something like a law or bill that got shot down, 205-217 on this or something similar to it. This government is way too damn large and greedy. That may just be me, but the people have a voice that our government needs to acknowledge.
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Edited by Steveokiller: 7/25/2013 3:50:33 AMWhen will they stop. I am really starting to get sick of the NSA.
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Why should I be worried?
