NSA chief General Keith Alexander (center, four stars) joins others at a groundbreaking ceremony for a new computing facility at Fort Meade in May. Via the NSA
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This is the US government's attack on privacy taken to its logical conclusion. Add in the FBI's compromising of Tormail, and we've lost three (perhaps not so) secure email services inside of a week. These types of services are valuable because they're easy for the average privacy-minded person to use. When are more going to fall?That's the end game of the government's attacks on privacy. Government agencies, supported by judges who don't think privacy is a right, want to dismantle every barrier to privacy that Americans have, all in the name of fighting terrorism or crime. The internet is the main target right now, and it's becoming increasingly apparent that the US government can access an enormous amount of what we do online.What happens if and when its online access is effectively complete? You can't even expect to move through public anymore without your movements being warrantlessly scanned and tracked. And as we move into a post-privacy society, what does the government plan to do with all of that data? Unfortunately, we don't know, because it won't tell us.@derektmeadPrivacy startups & encryption services should move to Iceland or other privacy friendly jurisdictions. Stay away from US, UK, CAN, AUS & NZ
— Kim Dotcom (@KimDotcom) August 9, 2013