Duh, that was my entire point. The metadata is more valuable to label you as a being part of the boogeyman group de jure and then they will care about the content of your messages.
The RIAA has nothing to do with audio formats or their creation/standardization. Also, MP3, AAC, etc. are open formats. One can implement them from publicly-accessible format specs.
They will only care after the metadata makes them think you're a terrorist. At that point they can intercept all the want anyway with a warrant. Until that point they don't care. Location and SNA data is vastly more valuable.
Then again, if it were open source, everyone would see what they were doing and remove the backdoor, meaning it's pointless asking MS for the key to your stuff again.
Unless it's done server-side. Again, having the source code to the OS, etc. tells you nothing about how data is stored or being used on their servers.
Don't worry. The company who owns the fiber backbone and allowed the NSA to tap their lines will make sure that the US Government still gets to suck up all your information.:)
If you don't intend to return then likely you won't face any issues. But if, for example, you're a government contractor stationed in a foreign country and don't follow the tax code you will be smacked quite hard upon your return. And the relevant link from the IRS:
If you are a U.S. citizen or resident alien, the rules for filing income, estate, and gift tax returns and paying estimated tax are generally the same whether you are in the United States or abroad. Your worldwide income is subject to U.S. income tax, regardless of where you reside.
They are interested in gathering data on us, but the content of messages is just not as important as the metadata. That's why they won't really fight anyone challenging them over reading emails and text messages but will fight tooth-and-nail to keep sucking in the metadata.
You do realize there are two completely different groups who are outraged for different reasons, right? As a US citizen I'm outraged at the illegal surveillance of my fellow countrymen, but it is their job to own your non-US ass with respect to eavesdropping. Your outrage is irrelevant to me.
Short-sighted nationalism. *sigh* You do realize that their efforts aimed at spying on "teh terrists" are weakening security for everyone, right? Enjoy the blackhats and hostile foreign governments using those same backdoors against you.
You don't hear us whining about GCHQ, Frenchelon, DGSE, etc do you?
You might not be but I know plenty of US citizens that are. I am outraged because the NSA is using groups like the GCHQ and their other Five Eyes buddies to skirt around the domestic surveillance laws.
We're upset that they're spying on domestic citizens because that's illegal for them to do.
Wrong. I'm upset at the fact that they are weakening security systems used by everyone to spy on foreign powers. Simply because one would have to be a complete moron to think that criminals and foreign governments aren't going to find and use those same implanted weaknesses against others.
Just to add, as a US citizen go work in another country but don't follow the US tax laws and see just how much you are not bound by US laws when you return. I'm sure you'll be surprised by how much that statement is false when the IRS comes a knocking...
Because for them it's simply easier to store everything and filter/discard things later. Again, the valuable data is in the SNA graphs and location data that they get. In their eyes, that is more than enough data for them to put you on the terrorist wanted list.
What does having access to Windows source code have to do with Microsoft encrypting data that It stores? The two things have no relation at all. Even if all those servers ran Linux how would reading the Linux source code tell you anything about how Microsoft is storing data on their servers?
Extradition, mostly for computer crimes, is based on the somewhat dumb theory that if something happens to an American computer, the perpetrator was "in" the USA for legal purposes, even if he or she has never actually visited the USA and has nothing to do with the country.
Or over copyright infringement, breaking the DMCA, etc. The US has attempted to extradite a number of people over that.
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Duh, that was my entire point. The metadata is more valuable to label you as a being part of the boogeyman group de jure and then they will care about the content of your messages.
I said it was okay? Where exactly? Explaining their reasoning does not in any way imply that I think it's okay.
The RIAA has nothing to do with audio formats or their creation/standardization. Also, MP3, AAC, etc. are open formats. One can implement them from publicly-accessible format specs.
Skype has been a "voice chat" program for going on 10 years. And, yes, it was called as such back in 2003.
"Web chatting" has included voice and video for more than a decade.
Since when is WebRTC text-only? From Google's original announcement:
Today, Google made available WebRTC, an open source software package for real-time voice and video on the web that we will be integrating in Chrome.
WebRTC is a VOIP solution. You seem to be the only one pigeonholing it as a text-only chat.
So you can have a voice chat?
They will only care after the metadata makes them think you're a terrorist. At that point they can intercept all the want anyway with a warrant. Until that point they don't care. Location and SNA data is vastly more valuable.
It's probably still working great for them. Pandora, Spotify, etc. are still in business.
If it falls under sexual tourism statutes, yes.
Yep, documents released about that months ago. And it goes both ways.
Then again, if it were open source, everyone would see what they were doing and remove the backdoor, meaning it's pointless asking MS for the key to your stuff again.
Unless it's done server-side. Again, having the source code to the OS, etc. tells you nothing about how data is stored or being used on their servers.
Yes, which was my point. Having access to source code means jack and shit to how data is stored or shared.
Don't worry. The company who owns the fiber backbone and allowed the NSA to tap their lines will make sure that the US Government still gets to suck up all your information. :)
If you don't intend to return then likely you won't face any issues. But if, for example, you're a government contractor stationed in a foreign country and don't follow the tax code you will be smacked quite hard upon your return. And the relevant link from the IRS:
If you are a U.S. citizen or resident alien, the rules for filing income, estate, and gift tax returns and paying estimated tax are generally the same whether you are in the United States or abroad. Your worldwide income is subject to U.S. income tax, regardless of where you reside.
They are interested in gathering data on us, but the content of messages is just not as important as the metadata. That's why they won't really fight anyone challenging them over reading emails and text messages but will fight tooth-and-nail to keep sucking in the metadata.
You do realize there are two completely different groups who are outraged for different reasons, right? As a US citizen I'm outraged at the illegal surveillance of my fellow countrymen, but it is their job to own your non-US ass with respect to eavesdropping. Your outrage is irrelevant to me.
Short-sighted nationalism. *sigh* You do realize that their efforts aimed at spying on "teh terrists" are weakening security for everyone, right? Enjoy the blackhats and hostile foreign governments using those same backdoors against you.
You don't hear us whining about GCHQ, Frenchelon, DGSE, etc do you?
You might not be but I know plenty of US citizens that are. I am outraged because the NSA is using groups like the GCHQ and their other Five Eyes buddies to skirt around the domestic surveillance laws.
We're upset that they're spying on domestic citizens because that's illegal for them to do.
Wrong. I'm upset at the fact that they are weakening security systems used by everyone to spy on foreign powers. Simply because one would have to be a complete moron to think that criminals and foreign governments aren't going to find and use those same implanted weaknesses against others.
The NSA was doing their job. The Bush Administration was simply too busy formulating plans to attack Iraq to care about the warnings.
Just to add, as a US citizen go work in another country but don't follow the US tax laws and see just how much you are not bound by US laws when you return. I'm sure you'll be surprised by how much that statement is false when the IRS comes a knocking...
Of course the NSA is doing all of those things outside of the US. They even have their Five Eyes buddies helping them out as well.
Because for them it's simply easier to store everything and filter/discard things later. Again, the valuable data is in the SNA graphs and location data that they get. In their eyes, that is more than enough data for them to put you on the terrorist wanted list.
What does having access to Windows source code have to do with Microsoft encrypting data that It stores? The two things have no relation at all. Even if all those servers ran Linux how would reading the Linux source code tell you anything about how Microsoft is storing data on their servers?
Extradition, mostly for computer crimes, is based on the somewhat dumb theory that if something happens to an American computer, the perpetrator was "in" the USA for legal purposes, even if he or she has never actually visited the USA and has nothing to do with the country.
Or over copyright infringement, breaking the DMCA, etc. The US has attempted to extradite a number of people over that.