PGP/GPG is much easier to use these days than it was in the 90's. Plugins exist for many mail clients that do the heavy lifting in the background.

Friends and family are surely tired of my tinfoil hat, they just do not seem to care about their privacy. Many say the "I have nothing to hide" line.

I'm sure that they have the best of intentions. The problem is with the underlying assumption that there is some kind of conspiracy.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wenatchee_child_abuse_prosecutions

Once you accept that there is a conspiracy, there is no end to it.

If they were just interested in cataloguing the various cases then that could be done by scripts and Google news. If something is not getting media exposure then it is more likely to be because of lazy "journalists" than because someone is trying to bury the story.

The problem with that is whether your promise would also apply to your heirs.

Once something becomes worth $X there will always be people trying to make money off of it. The larger X is, the more people like that there will be.

But what about all those semiconductor chips out of China, which are part of those American drones, which allow Iran to bring them down (when they are illegally overflying their airspace)?

The socialist response to Obama's SOTU:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

And the Real Obama:
https://firstlook.org/theinter...

Slower photons in fiber optics means a slower, more relaxed pace for my web browsing.

... the oldest goatse in history.

So, in their quest to be like Facebook and Google by snapping up technology for obscene money, they forgot to do "due diligence", and now they are pissed?

At $10 BILLION I don't think there is any "forgot" here.

Even at the time of the deal the price was questionable. It was 10x more than Autonomy was possibly worth.

I would say "follow the money" but it is sounding like someone did not complete their part of the deal.

HP used to be such a great technology company, until they switched to the printer ink scam.

Yeah. This sounds more like an attempt to loot the company that didn't pan out.

The biggest joke is that if we were to reduce prescription, we would reduce leakage by the same factor if not more.

Excellent! It took me straight to The Black Hole game. Thanks!

You know who has trouble with "bad cops?" The people who don't respect authority in the first place.

Maybe you can do a little research (Google) on cops accused of rape.

Or just look at cops sentenced to life imprisonment.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Eppolito_and_Stephen_Caracappa

I am still here, still free, and still have my privacy.

No, you do not.

Not being interesting to the authorities is not the same as having your privacy intact.

And I would rather not die.

If you live in the USofA, you are in more danger of being killed by someone in your family than by a terrorist.

But there comes a point where I need to balance that with other things such as seeing my daughter grow up.

The question is whether you believe there are more terrorists in the USofA or more bad cops/contractors/other-people-with-access-to-track-your-daughter.

Once you sign away her privacy she probably won't be getting it back.

And she will still be in more danger from her boyfriend/husband (and ex-boyfriends/husbands) than she is from any terrorist in the USofA.

I'd agree with that!

Quite a few Feng Shui experts in IT. Is Feng Shui deadly?

Loved CB's comments!

I guess this just means we still have quite a few fuckwits in the IT Security arena (Exception: Chris S.).