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schestowitz>         [ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please considerJul 15 08:30
schestowitz>         [ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies,Jul 15 08:30
schestowitz>         [ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example.Jul 15 08:30
schestowitz> Jul 15 08:30
schestowitz>     RSS: The next bunch of things I'd like to speak about is the data,Jul 15 08:31
schestowitz>     showing whole data security,Jul 15 08:31
schestowitz> Jul 15 08:31
schestowitz> That doesn't make sense.  Is it garbled?Jul 15 08:31
schestowitzYes, I don't think I said "whole" (I'm pretty sure I didn't), but the whole audio got distorted there.Jul 15 08:31
schestowitz>  I mean, security from the point of viewJul 15 08:31
schestowitz>     of the user, not security from the point of view of, you know,Jul 15 08:31
schestowitz>     "national security", which could mean just about anything.Jul 15 08:31
schestowitz> Jul 15 08:31
schestowitz> Jul 15 08:31
schestowitz>     RMS: Well, if you're going to deal with a company and it's going to getJul 15 08:31
schestowitz>     some personal information about you and that company's servers areJul 15 08:31
schestowitz>     hosted by a US company -- whether in the US (????????????????????) --Jul 15 08:31
schestowitz> Jul 15 08:31
schestowitz> Whether in the US or not?Jul 15 08:31
schestowitzYes, I moved the recording device when you said it, so it came out a mess and I had to interpolate a bit based on context.Jul 15 08:31
schestowitz>     If a country wants to provide data protection to its citizens, part ofJul 15 08:31
schestowitz>     their data protection must include not permitting that data to beJul 15 08:31
schestowitz>     searched in any way as part of the company's operations, to have [...]Jul 15 08:31
schestowitz>     fully reliable and cooperating data protection.Jul 15 08:31
schestowitz> Jul 15 08:31
schestowitz> I must have made a general statement of which the following sentenceJul 15 08:31
schestowitz> is an example.Jul 15 08:31
schestowitz> Jul 15 08:31
schestowitz>     So for instance, aJul 15 08:31
schestowitz>     European company should not be allowed to host its data on an Amazon server.Jul 15 08:31
schestowitz> Jul 15 08:31
schestowitz> Jul 15 08:31
schestowitz>     RMS: Well, okay, the point is, the encryption of a network hub is notJul 15 08:31
schestowitz>     something that you can depend on for your own privacy because, you know,Jul 15 08:31
schestowitz>     if other people are getting on the network hub, they can listen to yourJul 15 08:31
schestowitz>     packets too, so if you want to maintain your privacy, you do that withJul 15 08:31
schestowitz>     something else like communicating with SSH. Now, the relevance ofJul 15 08:31
schestowitz>     encryption on the network hub -- that's not just a way of controllingJul 15 08:31
schestowitz>     who can use it and it's very important for people to maintain Wi-FiJul 15 08:31
schestowitz>     networks without any kind of password because if you don't, then you'reJul 15 08:31
schestowitz>     becoming an [infringer????//] of the war on sharing, so one way toJul 15 08:31
schestowitz>     resist the act of laws (?????/?) such as the Digital Economy Act is byJul 15 08:31
schestowitz>     not having a key on your Wi-Fi network.Jul 15 08:31
schestowitz> Jul 15 08:32
schestowitz> This should be punctuated differently:Jul 15 08:32
schestowitz> Jul 15 08:32
schestowitz>     RMS: Well, okay, the point is, the encryption of a network hub is notJul 15 08:32
schestowitz>     something that you can depend on for your own privacy because, you know,Jul 15 08:32
schestowitz>     if other people are getting on the network hub, they can listen to yourJul 15 08:32
schestowitz>     packets too, so if you want to maintain your privacy, you do that withJul 15 08:32
schestowitz>     something else like communicating with SSH.Jul 15 08:32
schestowitz> Jul 15 08:32
schestowitz>     Now, the relevance ofJul 15 08:32
schestowitz>     encryption on the network hub -- that's not just a way of controllingJul 15 08:32
schestowitz>     who can use it.  It's very important for people to maintain Wi-FiJul 15 08:32
schestowitz>     networks without any kind of password, because if you don't, then you'reJul 15 08:32
schestowitz>     becoming an enforcer in the war on sharing.  One way toJul 15 08:32
schestowitz>     resist the application of unjust laws such as the Digital Economy Act is byJul 15 08:32
schestowitz>     not having a key on your Wi-Fi network.Jul 15 08:32
schestowitz> Jul 15 08:32
schestowitz> Jul 15 08:32
schestowitz>     RSS: That increases the depression through liability claims, so...Jul 15 08:32
schestowitz> Jul 15 08:32
schestowitz> Did you really say "depression"?  That word doesn not make much sense here.Jul 15 08:32
schestowitzI listened again.  said. "The pressure". Corrected now.Jul 15 08:32
schestowitz>     Collective responsibility is the policy that says, if you don't helpJul 15 08:32
schestowitz>     keep everyone else checked, we'll punish you.Jul 15 08:32
schestowitz> Jul 15 08:32
schestowitz> I don't think I said "checked".  Did I say "in line"?  "Subjected"?Jul 15 08:32
schestowitzSubjected. That's the one.Jul 15 08:32
schestowitz>      Right the UK government isJul 15 08:32
schestowitz>     using the system of collective responsibility to divide people and turnJul 15 08:32
schestowitz>     everybody into an enforcer against everybody else and that's why it'sJul 15 08:32
schestowitz>     people's duty to refuse to do it.Jul 15 08:32
schestowitz> Jul 15 08:32
schestowitz> should beJul 15 08:32
schestowitz> Jul 15 08:32
schestowitz>      Right now the UK government isJul 15 08:32
schestowitz>     using the system of collective responsibility to divide people and turnJul 15 08:32
schestowitz>     everybody into an enforcer against everybody else, and that's why it'sJul 15 08:32
schestowitz>     people's duty to refuse to do it.Jul 15 08:32
schestowitz> Jul 15 08:32
schestowitz>     Jul 15 08:32
schestowitz>     arranged to exchange keys with. But the other thing to point out is thatJul 15 08:33
schestowitz>     E-mail doesn't disguise any of the metadata, so the NSA can still trackJul 15 08:33
schestowitz>     who sends E_mail to whom, even if the contents are encrypted.Jul 15 08:33
schestowitz> Jul 15 08:33
schestowitz> should beJul 15 08:33
schestowitz> Jul 15 08:33
schestowitz>     arranged to exchange keys with. But the other thing to point out is thatJul 15 08:33
schestowitz>     encrypting E-mail doesn't disguise any of the metadata, so the NSA can still trackJul 15 08:33
schestowitz>     who sends E_mail to whom, even if the contents are encrypted.Jul 15 08:33
schestowitz> Jul 15 08:33
schestowitz>     RMS: They've been doing that since 19...Jul 15 08:33
schestowitz> Jul 15 08:33
schestowitz>     RSS: Fifty?Jul 15 08:33
schestowitz> Jul 15 08:33
schestowitz>     RMS: ...*9 or so.Jul 15 08:33
schestowitz> Jul 15 08:33
schestowitz>     RSS: I think the NSA was only founded in 19...Jul 15 08:33
schestowitz> Jul 15 08:33
schestowitz> You need to find the correct years!  I don't remember them.Jul 15 08:33
schestowitz> I had read an article not long before, so I knew them then,Jul 15 08:33
schestowitz> but I don't recall any more.Jul 15 08:33
schestowitz> Jul 15 08:33
schestowitz> Either that or delete this section entirely.  It is worthlessJul 15 08:33
schestowitz> the way it is here.Jul 15 08:33
schestowitzI've just checked Wikipedia and it's 1949, so I am adding it to the above.Jul 15 08:33
schestowitzLater today I'll test the audibility in advance to ensure next time there will be no issues transcribing. :-)Jul 15 08:33

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