ScottDLS wrote:None of this stuff is putting secret chips in printers, tv sets, and computers.
-The tracking dots are known to be in printers and they were specifically asked for by the government in models that they buy so they could detect where leaks/unauthorized copies were coming from.
-If you can't mask your IP and cookies from Google or anyone else you're failing Privacy 101.
-Everybody knows about the Stingray cell-tower spoofing. Assume anything you say on an unencrypted commercial wireless device is insecure. Take out your SIM and battery before you embark on any black ops...or prepare to be tracked by Pauley Perrette and Mark Harmon from NCIS. Cote de Pablo will track me
99% of the easy surveillance can be defeated with commercially available tools and logical precautions. If you read Schneier's stuff at EFF and at his blog you can learn a lot. One point that he makes that is excellent is that encryption is just one tool against one particular type of threat. Other boring stuff like locks, safes, keeping your mouth shut, hiding places, etc. all have their uses too. I can have all my data encrypted on my Macbook Pro, but it won't stop the guy from smashing my car window in and grabbing off the seat to sell at the flea market. They won't get my next great American novel, but they'll get my $2200 gadget.
