The NSA's data collection is a story that will only make sense in hindsight, and we don't know how far from now that perspective is. In the end, our questions still exceed our answers, and even the parts we think we know keep changing. Parts of the NSA could be pretending to be able to do things it can’t while other parts are doing things more invasive than anyone knows, hidden from oversight. But on the other hand, they might not be able to do any of that, and are trying to project the image of data omniscience to discourage people from even trying to protect their privacy. ![]() They could be able to decrypt everything, and even without breaking encryption, they could be able to look at enough of the internet to determine who is talking to whom just by looking at the timing of conversation. ![]() People in the security community call the NSA the “ultimate adversary,” and point to a huge array of ways they could be analyzing and attacking every part of the net and telephony system. What makes choosing good security tools hard is that despite the news, we don’t know what government agencies like the NSA are really doing on their wiretaps and with their court orders. ![]() Here’s part one: Worried about the Mass Surveillance? How to Practice Safer Communication. These revelations have cast doubt on the effectiveness of using encryption to keep communications private. Update: A warning: Since this article was posted, we reported on the NSA's abilities to break encryption, as well as their secret efforts to weaken encryption standards.
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