[governance] USG-war-itself-over-civil-liberties

[Akinremi Peter Taiwo]

This is a serious matter. US with their conic ways.

Cheer

On 6/27/14, Guru गुरु <Guru at itforchange.net> wrote:
> Over the past year, the United States government has been in the news a
> lot for its efforts to undermine the Internet's basic privacy and
> security protocols.
>
> There were the Edward Snowden revelations about the National Security
> Agency sweeping up metadata, paying contractors to embed backdoors into
> their security technologies, hacking various private accounts of network
> administrators and developing malware to infect computers. There was the
> Washington Post story about the NSA's "collect it all" ideology. There
> was the CNET story detailing the government's efforts "to obtain the
> master encryption keys that Internet companies use to shield millions of
> users' private Web communications from eavesdropping."
>
> And there was the ProPublica story detailing how "The National Security
> Agency is winning its long-running secret war on encryption, using
> supercomputers, technical trickery, court orders and behind-the-scenes
> persuasion to undermine the major tools protecting the privacy of
> everyday communications."
>
> So with all that in mind, it seems more than a bit hilarious that the
> U.S. government has just posted its latest annual announcement about
> "funding for programs that support Internet freedom." In that dispatch,
> the U.S. State Department says it is looking to support "technologies
> that enhance the privacy and security of digital communications" and
> that are "less susceptible to intrusion or infection."
>
> Yes, you read that right: The same U.S. government that has been one of
> the most powerful forces undermining Internet security is now touting
> itself as a proponent of Internet privacy and security. Of course, when
> you are done laughing about this, remember that there may also be other,
> less funny subtexts to this story.
>
> Read more at
> http://www.nationofchange.org/us-government-war-itself-over-civil-liberties-1403355879
>
> Guru
>
>


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Akinremi Peter Taiwo
IT Specialist/Consultant
Compsoftnet Enterprise
Nigeria

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