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Google Storing WLAN Passwords In the Clear
First time accepted submitter husemann writes "Micah Lee from the EFF filed a bug report about Google storing all your WLAN passwords on their application settings backup service without allowing you to encrypt them. So far it's not known whether the passwords are stored encrypted at rest, but just the fact that Google can read them (and disclose them if forced by 'law') is a bit surprising, too put it nicely. Already one German university is concerned enough about this 'feature' that they issued a warning to their users."
you're wrong, they have time and time assured that the data doesn't go DIRECTLY to NSA. it goes through their servers, see, and they get to bill for it.
world was created 5 seconds before this post as it is.
I only do my top secret browsing through two separate secure proxy services. NSA will never know that I watch My Little Pony.
But I guess they do a lot of stupid.
This is why, at the end of each day, I use a sledge hammer to pound my phone, all my computers, my wireless equipment, and my ISP interface into little pieces and then put them all in a 3000 degree furnace before burying them in the backyard. Each morning I get up and install all new equipment, then reinstall everything from the original CDs, creating a day-unique username and password for everything. Sure, it takes a while, and costs a few thousand dollars a day, and restoring my 5TB movie server from backup is a pain, but it's the price I pay for convenience and privacy.
Is it just my observation, or are there way too many stupid people in the world?
if we don't trust Microsoft and Google, who is left?
Don't even think about trusting yourself. I made that mistake once, and I slipped myself some roofies and date-raped myself.
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