Yes, that caught my eye as well. I regularly use encryption to send funny cat pictures to my mom. Doesn't mean I'm trying to shield my communications from law enforcement. Hint: I'm trying to circumvent Verizons' shitty spam filters. They simply won't deliver my emails unless I encrypt them.

Which means nothing. Congress makes laws, not the NSA or FBI. Congress is also specifically precluded from making any law that limits free speech by the first amendment.

NSLs are an extra-judicial attempt to circumvent the individuals' right to free speech. They can't hold up in court since there is no legal basis to issue them in the first place.

... and marked up 500%. Last time I went there hoping to get a cable they wanted nearly $20 for it. Not a complex cable, just a bog standard 6 foot stereo audio cable. I ended up soldering one together from scraps but see now that Walmart has the same cable for $4. Next time I'll just go there first.

Yes. You shouldn't feed a child poison or toxic waste. I'm hopeful you can see the reasoning behind this.

No, and no.

I'm OK with government invervention to prevent biological, chemical, and nuclear means of mass destruction. Draw the line there and keep it there.

At some point you have to get the uranium up there. If the rocket it's on explodes for some reason you've got a bit of a mess here on Earth. I think it's a valid concern.

Try as I might to reconcile the first and third statements to find a consistent thought, I just can't do it.

So what? Tor is perfectly legal. The use of Tor doesn't say anything about you other than you are using Tor. Anyone who thinks it implies something nefarious or criminal is going on is fucked in the head.

Me too. I had no idea that many people worked at Institutes of Technology.

Then what protects us from the abuses governments currently employ? Oh, encryption.

Yes, it would hurt Anonymous's sterling reputation as fine, upstanding citizens, full of kindness and charity, the very model of intergrity and all that is good in the world.

Don't be a spoilsport. We were having a lot of fun until you showed up with your actual facts and rational explanations.

Can't tell whether you're talking about John McAfee or James Clapper.

The NSA says North Korea did do it? That's all the proof I need that they didn't.