It already is a PATRIOTic corporate-fascist police state.

The OP was only asking about “Snowden-Style Security Breaches” — So for the problem at hand it is good enough.

Of course security breaches in general can not be prevented as the you correctly pointed out.

You nailed the problem on the head. And that is why “don't do evil” is in fact the only feasible way to prevent whistleblowers.

It is very simple: If you don't break the law, if you don't do evil then no whistleblower can blow the whistle on you.

I know I am not the first to say this but I think this message can not be hammered in enough: Don't do evil.

I have Cat7 fitted to my home. And in the last one as well. Not everybody is unprepared for the future.

You would not to loose you that little extra income...

<quote>post-WW2 America</quote>

Not just America. Same for Europe (Germany, France in particular). Here the neo-liberals imported cheap labour from neighbouring countries and spoiled it all &mdash; but for the 5% that is.

&#8230; don't buy WD drives!

Very true indeed. However, what is often overlooked is that there is a cost to not upgrading as well. The hidden cost of lost opportunities. But as I said: a hidden cost not showing up on the balance sheets.

No video ever plays automatically on in my browser as plug-ins are configured &ldquo;click to play&rdquo; &mdash; But then again, i do fear the day <video autoplay>&#8230;</video> goes mainstream.

PS: Reloading the page (and making the poster loose the posting) after changing the config is very evil indeed.

Because then users will write them down. As they say in mechanics: After very tight comes very loose. (as in: the screw breaks off).

The Lastpass DB is stored in the cloud and is synced over several devices. Pretty unlikely.

And before you say it: The Lastpass DB is Client site encrypted using the master password. So the master password is something I know and all the other “passwords” are indeed now token.