'Why the NSA's Attacks on the Internet Must Be Made Public'...

[Indi Guy]

By reporting on the agency's actions, the vulnerabilities in our computer systems can be fixed. It's the only way to force change.


[font size="4"]The NSA not only develops and purchases vulnerabilities, but deliberately creates them through secret vendor agreements[/font]


Today, the Guardian is reporting on how the NSA targets Tor users, along with details of how it uses centrally placed servers on the internet to attack individual computers. This builds on a Brazilian news story from last week that, in part, shows that the NSA is impersonating Google servers to users; a German story on how the NSA is hacking into smartphones; and a Guardian story from two weeks ago on how the NSA is deliberately weakening common security algorithms, protocols, and products.

The common thread among these stories is that the NSA is subverting the internet and turning it into a massive surveillance tool. The NSA's actions are making us all less safe, because its eavesdropping mission is degrading its ability to protect the US...
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/oct/04/nsa-attacks-internet-bruce-schneier

[truedelphi]

1. I am now so skeptical of the Spyware virus protection stuff I have to

Buy. Keeping the government out is one of the things a virus/spyware detector should do, but they are all in cahoots, aren't they?

I liked PC Tools, but they either got in bed with Norton or were bought out, or maybe just disbanded?

[Coyotl]

4. Use Malwarebytes.

[Indi Guy]

5. I use Malwarebytes (free version) but...

...I don't see how it can protect you me from hazards like being diverted to a malicious site.

[blkmusclmachine]

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[bemildred]

3. More evidence that encryption works. nt