Online, You're Being Watched At All Times; Act Accordingly.

Posted by timothy on Sunday February 9, 2014 @11:52AM from the so-act-suspicious dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Kaspersky Lab's Internet security expert Costin Raiu discusses internet surveillance claims that you should assume that you're being watched at all times. The article reports that Raiu conducts his online activities under the assumption that his movements are being monitored by government hackers. Raiu: 'I operate under the principle that my computer is owned by at least three governments' ... 'this is not meant as a scare tactic, but a rather as a statement of fact that should now be the default setting for everyone.'"

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Re:Ohhh, Slashdot beta makes sense now by Jane+Q.+Public · 2014-02-09 12:43 · Score: 5, Interesting

"They set out to build something even the government wouldn't want to watch! Mission accomplished."
I think this is accomplished already. They could not possibly want to "watch" everybody. You'd have more watchers than watched.

I think OP erred in saying everyone is "watched". That's simply not so. Their data may be collected, and it may be looked at later, but that's not QUITE the same thing as "being watched".

Having said that: I still despise the current situation and it does need to change.