Hi,
From the past few months the world has been in a frenzy over the revelations made by Edward Snowden. Though it just reaffirmed what most of the people were already expecting. But the enormity of the surveillance has blown the roof out.
The American electronic surveillance agency, the NSA, once ironically referred to as "No Such Agency", not only spies on the American citizen, they also have their tentacles deep into other nations communications, even covering the state heads of the so called American allies.
One of the most commonly given argument is that , "If you have nothing to hide, you should not be afraid of somebody listening on to you". This is complete non sense. Every body has their own private life and have full right to decide what they want to share and what not. The information being generated by you is owned by you. Nobody has the right to take that information without your consent.
Through some of the off the shelf software, which many of the governments, including our own Indian government, has purchased, Anybody can listen in to your communication, have access to your data, even Remotely activate your web cam. This is a serious breach of your rights.
Through a series of articles, as I keep learning myself, I will try to bring to light some of the most basic day to day things that you can do to keep your self safe and keep the intruders out.
Stay tuned.
Regards,
Ishan
From the past few months the world has been in a frenzy over the revelations made by Edward Snowden. Though it just reaffirmed what most of the people were already expecting. But the enormity of the surveillance has blown the roof out.
The American electronic surveillance agency, the NSA, once ironically referred to as "No Such Agency", not only spies on the American citizen, they also have their tentacles deep into other nations communications, even covering the state heads of the so called American allies.
One of the most commonly given argument is that , "If you have nothing to hide, you should not be afraid of somebody listening on to you". This is complete non sense. Every body has their own private life and have full right to decide what they want to share and what not. The information being generated by you is owned by you. Nobody has the right to take that information without your consent.
Through some of the off the shelf software, which many of the governments, including our own Indian government, has purchased, Anybody can listen in to your communication, have access to your data, even Remotely activate your web cam. This is a serious breach of your rights.
Through a series of articles, as I keep learning myself, I will try to bring to light some of the most basic day to day things that you can do to keep your self safe and keep the intruders out.
Stay tuned.
Regards,
Ishan
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