Edward Snowden urges professionals to encrypt client communications [NSA Nude photo share]

www.theguardian.com ^ | 07-17-2014 | Alan Rusbridger and Ewen MacAskill

[Red Badger]

The NSA whistleblower, Edward Snowden, has urged lawyers, journalists, doctors, accountants, priests and others with a duty to protect confidentiality to upgrade security in the wake of the spy surveillance revelations.

Snowden said professionals were failing in their obligations to their clients, sources, patients and parishioners in what he described as a new and challenging world.

"What last year's revelations showed us was irrefutable evidence that unencrypted communications on the internet are no longer safe. Any communications should be encrypted by default," he said.

[SNIP]

• Made a startling claim that a culture exists within the NSA in which, during surveillance, nude photographs picked up of people in "sexually compromising" situations are routinely passed around.

[from occupied ga]

Made a startling claim that a culture exists within the NSA in which, during surveillance, nude photographs picked up of people in "sexually compromising" situations are routinely passed around.

well there's a real surprise.

[Red Badger]

I bet the bureaucrats at the NSA are well paid for their hard work...................;^)

[Scrambler Bob]

If they are under age, is the NSA guilty of child porn?

[NoCmpromiz]

well paid for their hard work.

Probably have the situation well in, um, hand...

[GeronL]

Where do they get these photographs? How do they trick people into sexually compromising positions?

[VRWCarea51]

Barry thought only Reggie would see them...

[GeronL]

lol

[Citizen Zed]

The NSA Champaign Chat Room?

[Red Badger]

Intercepting peoples’ e-mails and phone pics.......................yeah, they just compile ‘meta-data’.........riiiiiiight.........................

[morphing libertarian]

Let’s sent a swat team into the NSA to shoot their dogs.

[driftdiver]

They don’t trick people. They intercept stuff being sent across the net between two people or they are taking pictures off peoples computers.

[Red Badger]

There’s a bunch of sick puppies at the NSA..............One of our guardians of freedom...............

[Smokin' Joe]

What?

The gummint would pass around private porn?

Hoodathunkit?

The dirt-mining explains why Congress (GOPe) votes as it does, imho.

[Red Badger]

Technically, yes. But you’ll never get them to court....................

[Red Badger]

Maybe they have pics of McCain and Graham...................

[GeronL]

They are probably able to take pictures with peoples webcam when they aren’t even online these days

[Buckeye McFrog]

They are probably able to take pictures with peoples webcam when they aren’t even online these days

Electrical tape is your friend.

[zeugma]

I wholeheartedly agree. All email should be encrypted by default. This has been possible since the development of PGP many years ago. I believe the only reason it is not because of government pressure to keep good, easy to use public key crypto out of people’s hands.

[upchuck]

Agreed. And here’s something FReepers may want to check out:

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/17/technology/personaltech/ways-to-protect-your-email-after-you-send-it.html