Comments on: FBI's Petraeus/Broadwell email dragnet reveals agency's sweeping surveillance power http://boingboing.net/2012/11/19/fbis-petraeusbroadwell-emai.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 19 May 2013 00:30:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: EH http://boingboing.net/2012/11/19/fbis-petraeusbroadwell-emai.html#comment-1588635 EH Wed, 21 Nov 2012 18:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194944#comment-1588635 The point is to enable people to restore 4th Amendment protections for their email. The point is to enable people to restore 4th Amendment protections for their email.

]]> By: acerplatanoides http://boingboing.net/2012/11/19/fbis-petraeusbroadwell-emai.html#comment-1586684 acerplatanoides Mon, 19 Nov 2012 23:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194944#comment-1586684 I think this was always the story. Judge Napoletano on The Daily Show last week is a pretty good interview, but I do get a bit nervous when the FOX guy is talking as much or more sense than Stewart. http://www.thedailyshow.com/full-episodes/thu-november-15-2012-andrew-napolitano I think this was always the story. Judge Napoletano on The Daily Show last week is a pretty good interview, but I do get a bit nervous when the FOX guy is talking as much or more sense than Stewart.

http://www.thedailyshow.com/full-episodes/thu-november-15-2012-andrew-napolitano

]]> By: Michael Smith http://boingboing.net/2012/11/19/fbis-petraeusbroadwell-emai.html#comment-1586501 Michael Smith Mon, 19 Nov 2012 21:05:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194944#comment-1586501 Maybe if you send your SMTP streams through an SSH tunnel. But the authorities can still infer who is talking to who that way and go directly for the hardware. Maybe if you send your SMTP streams through an SSH tunnel. But the authorities can still infer who is talking to who that way and go directly for the hardware.

]]> By: EH http://boingboing.net/2012/11/19/fbis-petraeusbroadwell-emai.html#comment-1586305 EH Mon, 19 Nov 2012 17:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194944#comment-1586305 I was thinking over the weekend that the course of technological advancement has noticeably shied away from the concept of personal servers. If there was a turnkey self-hosted email server people could purchase and use to host their own email, complete with DNS services provided by either themselves or an ecosystem of supporting companies, it could bring each person's email (at least) back into the realm of the 4th Amendment, warrants and subpoenas. I was thinking over the weekend that the course of technological advancement has noticeably shied away from the concept of personal servers. If there was a turnkey self-hosted email server people could purchase and use to host their own email, complete with DNS services provided by either themselves or an ecosystem of supporting companies, it could bring each person’s email (at least) back into the realm of the 4th Amendment, warrants and subpoenas.

]]> By: traalfaz http://boingboing.net/2012/11/19/fbis-petraeusbroadwell-emai.html#comment-1586239 traalfaz Mon, 19 Nov 2012 16:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194944#comment-1586239 Email is not a secure medium. People who are knowledgeable about this sort of things have said this since day one, they're just ignored because people either don't care or don't want to be bothered. Do not think that this is yet another "privacy is dead" signpost. I think that privacy is still very achievable, it just does not come easily. Email is not a secure medium. People who are knowledgeable about this sort of things have said this since day one, they’re just ignored because people either don’t care or don’t want to be bothered.

Do not think that this is yet another “privacy is dead” signpost. I think that privacy is still very achievable, it just does not come easily.

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