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• "the NSA - must not undermine the fundamental - social contract !"

 

 

 

 

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• "( multi-layered - platforms ! )"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "also not the companies - that build and manage - the Internet infrastructure !"

 

 

 

 

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• "create hardware - and software - or host the data !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "that was not the Internet - its creators envisioned !"

 

 

 

 

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• "not the Internet - the world needs !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "we need ethical - Internet stewards !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "that we can - trust !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

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• "yes - this is primarily a - political challenge !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "a policy matter - that requires political intervention !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

• "but this is also an - engineering challenge !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "there are several things - engineers can - and should - do !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "to know how exactly - they handled - routers !"

 

 

 

 

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• "switches - the Internet backbone - encryption technologies - and cloud systems !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

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• "two - engineers can - design !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

• "we need to figure out - how to re-engineer - the Internet !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "to prevent - that kind of behaviour !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "we need new techniques - to prevent communications intermediaries - from leaking private information !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "we can make it - expensive - harder - for them !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "we need - open protocols !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "open implementations - and open systems !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

• "three - we can influence - governance !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "we need ethical stewards - of the Internet !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "we need to demand - transparency - oversight - and accountability !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "from our governments - and corporations !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "we need to create - truly international - governance !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

• "that cannot be influenced - by any one country !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

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• "generations from now - when people look back !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "on these early decades - of the Internet !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "hopefully they will not be - disappointed in us !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "we can ensure that they do not - only if each of us - makes this a priority !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "and engages - in the debate !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "we have a moral duty - to do this - and we have no time to lose !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

a Guide to staying Secure - Bruce Schneier : LINK ¤ the GUARDIAN

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• "Bruce Schneier - is the engineer - who read for "the Guardian"  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "status report - after status report - about the NSA !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "( programs - discussed capabilities - operational details - planned upgrades ! )"

 

 

 

 

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• "they showed - each individual problem !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "( electronic signals from fiber - terabyte streams - filtered out the interesting stuff ! )"

 

 

 

 

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• "had its own group - dedicated to solving it !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "and they had - limited resources - and money !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

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• "the primary way - on Internet communications - was in the network !"

 

 

 

 

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• "programs - automatically collected - and analyzed - network traffic !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "anything on an individual - endpoint computer - was significantly more costly !"

 

 

 

 

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• "and risky for them - and they would do those things - carefully - and sparingly !"

 

 

 

 

 

• "in cases where they did not had a friendly access - they tried !"

 

 

 

 

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• "communications channels - undersea cables - satellite communications !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "interesting traffic - could be defined in many ways - by the source !"

 

 

 

 

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• "the destination - the content - the individual involved !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "data was funneled - into a system - for future analysis !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

• "with all this in mind - there are five pieces - of advice !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!":

 

 

 

 

• "hide - in the network !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "implement hidden services - use "Tor" - to anonymize yourself !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "it was work for them - the less obvious you are - the safer you are !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

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• "encrypt - your communications !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "use "TLS" - use "IPsec"  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "you are much better protected - than if you communicate in the clear !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "assume that while a computer - could be compromised !"

 

 

 

 

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• "it would take work - and risk - on the part of them !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "so it probably - is not !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "if you have something - really important - use an air gap !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "when he started working with the Snowden documents - he bought a new computer !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "that has never been connected - to the Internet !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "if he wants to transfer a file - he encrypts the file - on the secure computer !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "and walks it over - to his Internet computer - using a USB stick !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

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• "be suspicious - of commercial encryption - software !"

 

 

 

 

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• "especially from - larger vendors ! - ( back door ! )"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "try to use - public-domain encryption !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "that has to be compatible - with other implementations !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "prefer symmetric cryptography - over public-key cryptography !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "prefer conventional - discrete-log-based systems !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "over elliptic-curve systems - with constants !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

• "since he started working - with Snowden's documents !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "he is using - "GPG" - "Silent Circle"  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• ""Tails" - "OTR" - "TrueCrypt" - "BleachBit"  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "trust the - math !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "encryption - is your friend !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "use it well - and do your best to ensure - that nothing can compromise it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "that is - how you can remain - secure !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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