Something for a friday evening

[David A. Bandel]

On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 1:46 AM, Roger Oberholtzer <roger at opq.se> wrote:
> On Fri, 2008-06-20 at 18:41 -0700, Lonni J Friedman wrote:
>> Sadly, I know the guy in the first picture:
>> http://hehe2.net/linuxhumor/linux-and-sex-debunking-the-myth/
>
> Our overzealous company has set up a filter called webwash. It blocked
> this. What I really dislike about the filter is that there is no
> mechanism to register a complaint that the filter is wrong or should at
> least be reviewed. I have been blocked from legitimate development
> software related sites, with no apparent recourse. Given Sweden's new
> 'FRA' law (http://www.thelocal.se/12534/20080618/), I guess I should
> just get used to a different internet...

I've said it for years, internet communications are not secure.  You
don't want your e-mail read, encrypt it.  I routinely encrypt e-mails
to individuals.  Obviously to lists like this, you wouldn't want to do
that, but all other communications should just be encrypted as a
matter of routine.  Then laws like this wouldn't bother you in the
least.

Also, since a _lot_ of e-mail is via web, folks should get used to
using https vice http.

I have nothing to hide, but don't think my private communications are
any of anyones business, so I encrypt everything I can just because.
Part of the reason I think little of sending someone who needs it a
password to something via e-mail.  If the e-mail is strongly
encrypted, via either gnupg or s/mime (I use whatever the other party
uses -- most Linux folks like gnupg and most Windoze lusers like
s/mime with a private e-mail cert via Thawte), it's secure enough
against prying eyes.

My laptop drive is also encrypted for some of the same reasons.  Will
probably do this for all my personal systems in the future.

Ciao,

David A. Bandel
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