Re: [gentoo-user] OT: is your metadata safe?

[Mick <michaelkintzios@gmail.com>]

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On Thursday 04 Jun 2015 18:07:04 James wrote:
> Well, the "media" like to project that everything was fine, before Snowden
> did his thing. I, like many with deep roots in communications beyond TCP/IP
> have known better for a long time. I was perusing some published documents
> of an ILEC that wants me to do some work (a mesos cluster no less). Then I
> ran across this document, by accident [1].

As I understand it from a cursory look, this document explains how unbundling 
can occur so that suppliers can provide internet services to consumers, using 
a competitor's infrastructure.  If anything, it tries to reverse the 
oligopolistic cartel of ISPs that is so prevalent in the US among cable 
providers.


> So now that my privacy of "phone records" has been wrestled from the hands
> of the NSA, and place with the Telco, conglomerates, boy why do I not feel
> safer? Congress has assured me that my personal data is now safe?

Due to a 40 year dogma of privatisation of public services, all this data was 
always provided and managed by Telcos and private enterprises, on behalf of 
the NSA.  Who did you think Snowden was working for?  So the latest provisions 
pushed onto you by your government as something <aheam!> safer, can mean only 
one thing:  same men, different trousers.  Carry on, as you were lads!


> "ICP" or Integrated Communications Provider is the jargon by which all
> attempts to keep our personal data, personal, are completely circumvented.
> Just read the patent, award makes not differnce, as these carrier databases
> have already been compile with numerous net data bases, so our privacy is
> already completely compromised.

This I think refers to cross charging and management of users accounts to 
provide ease of transfer between providers (and therefore facilitate 
competition and better end user services/prices).  I haven't read it in depth, 
but this is what a quick scan of it tells me.


> And folks in other countries, besides the good ole USA, your asses have
> been "owned" for even longer.....

Have you asked your senator how much $$$ is your government paying the secret 
services of other governments to provide information on their own as well as 
US citizens?


> So I suggest we call have a shot or 2 of Tequila this weekend, get naked,
> and party like you've got nothing left to hide; cause you don't!

I think that strong encryption with good RNGs still works, if Snowden is to be 
believed.  But ... I suspect this is only a matter of buying you some more 
time.


> cheers mate!
> 
> James
> 
> [1] http://www.google.com/patents/US20010034627

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Regards,
Mick

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