EFF Launches Surveillance Self-Defense Site

justin.foell writes "The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has created a Surveillance Self-Defense site. Created with the help of the Open Society Institute, the site intends to serve as a how-to guide for protecting your private data against government spying. From their press release, they 'aim to educate Americans about the law and technology of communications surveillance and computer searches and seizures, and to provide the information and tools necessary to keep their private data out of the government's hands.'"

Comments

Re:Workaround

[sakdoctor]

No need to bother with a 3rd party website.

Many governments are setting up online petition sites.
As well as giving the all important "look and feel" of a democracy, These are perfect for collecting IP/email/postcode of people who need to be watched, as well as being able to personalize propaganda to the individual.

In other words, they already have much better tools.

Re:Stop whining

[cenc]

My father was an attorney. People use to call him and say things like, "they can't put me in jail".

My father would ask, "where you calling from"?

They would say, "jail".

Guess they can put you jail.

Re:Stop whining

[Attila Dimedici]

gah, if you have nothing to hide then you shouldnt have any problem with the government seeing what your doing on the internet. The only people who want to hide what their doing are the ones who have something to hide

My problem isn't with the government "seeing" what I am doing on the Internet, it is with them looking for no particular reason. Suppose the government starts looking at your online posts and discovers that you said unflattering things about a member of Congress and now you get an IRS audit. You didn't do anything wrong either in your post or in filing your taxes, but a tax audit is still a royal pain.