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In the old era of land lines and copper wires, eavesdropping was a cinch. But more and more we’re making calls online, making it harder for governments to listen in. Of course, it doesn’t mean they’re not trying. Sun Microsystems engineer Susan Landau wrote about the brave new world of internet surveillance in this month’s Scientific American.
everyone should be aware of information about you
being accumlated and stored WITHOUT agreement by you a very dangerous thing for our Liberties
I'm a sloppy guy. There isn't much else that I am worried "they" will learn about me. I have never doubted that the files were being compiled; I just hoped that in reading them, anyone would find something agreeable, amusing and redeeming in their eyes.
I am fascinated to hear Bob Woodward, talking to Charlie Rose, say the turning point in Iraq was precipitated by the Surge, the Sunni Awakening and a technology "about which we really can't talk about too much!"
Sounds like the surveillance system Ms. Landau envisions has been finished and put into operation. So the genie is out of the bottle, now we must innovate ourselves around the pitfalls she so logically numbers for us.
When I heard her describing Alice & Bob, I couldn't help flashing on the stunning Hedy Lamar as Alice in some old spy movie of my imagination, fiddling around with player piano rolls and wireless sets. I hope someone is making that one!
Thanks for looking into this for me.
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