Sunday, May 29, 2016
Thanks, Agent Snowden!
Nice job, NSA Agent Snowden.
Vice.com features a short video with NSA Agent Snowden allegedly showing you how to 'go black'. He opens up a cellphone and quickly desolders and removes the cameras and microphones. Supposedly this prevents a hacker or government from using your cameras and mics to monitor you when you don't know about it. The interviewer asks how you can use the device for a phone after disconnecting, and Snowden airily says "add your own."
Yeah. Everybody can do that.
But even if you have the skills and tools to do that without totally ruining the phone, what Snowden has done is THE EXACT OPPOSITE of 'going black'. The remote monitor can IMMEDIATELY tell that the camera and mic are giving ZERO SIGNAL, or possibly giving a noisy buzz, depending on how the ckt is organized. The monitor, who was previously treating you as a dubious potential suspect, now knows FOR FUCKING SURE that you are a suspect who needs closer attention.
The simple solution to the cellphone dilemma is the simple solution. Just say no. Don't own one, don't use one.
Oldest rule in the world, known perfectly by all sorts of legit and non-legit people: If you don't want to be heard in public, don't talk in public. Don't use publicly provided channels for your conversations and transactions.
Next day: Looks like Eddie's assistance to FBI was appreciated. Holder, who should have been executed for mass murder of cops and infinite infinite infinite corruption beyond corruption beyond corruption beyond evil beyond evil beyond evil, has said nice things about Eddie. Personally, I wouldn't want the most evil entity in the world to say nice things about me, but I guess this is okay in Eddie's world. 
Labels: Age of Stings
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