So basically they’re using the same methods that criminals and scammers use. If you’re intelligent enough to protect yourself with proper browser configuration and extensions/add-ons, the NSA has to work that much harder to get to you.
I’m sorry, I consider the web no different than the outside world; ergo I carry a pistol on my hip in public and I make my browsing experience as painful as possible to prevent unauthorized garbage getting on my machine.
So basically they are engaged in criminal enterprise for the enrichment of federal control.
>> If you’re intelligent enough to protect yourself with proper browser configuration and extensions/add-ons, the NSA has to work that much harder to get to you.
Maybe; the unknown variable is to what extent Adobe, Sun, Microsoft, etc. create, with NSA sponsorship, intentional exploitable backdoors in their software that your anti-virus software doesn’t know about.
And remember that these vendors have privileged access to most peoples’ computers so they can install updates regularly. Wonder if any of those updates ever include NSA-requested back doors?