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Carnivore is a Joke
Carnivore is nothing but a tcp wrapper built around the snoop command (tcpdump for you linux lamers). Oh it's got some cool GUI to narrow down the snoop to specific packets and sessions, nothing you can't do from an Out-of-the-box Sun machine and the man pages.
All of the MAEs use something very similar.
You 4096b PGP keys, as cool as they feel, would last 24 hours if the govt wanted you. Rijndael would buy you a week, max.
Hushmail is kind of a joke if you think about it. It uses great encryption but relies on SSL (TLS for you opera boyz) for access...and it's not even IPSec bases SSL....just straight-forward OpenSSL.
Want real security? Only access the 'net (to do something illicit) via a public terminal, and only use that online identity for three transactions. Use PGP (cryptopak, Private Idaho, hushmail) if you want.
Carnivore is nothing but a tcp wrapper built around the snoop command (tcpdump for you linux lamers). Oh it's got some cool GUI to narrow down the snoop to specific packets and sessions, nothing you can't do from an Out-of-the-box Sun machine and the man pages.
All of the MAEs use something very similar.
You 4096b PGP keys, as cool as they feel, would last 24 hours if the govt wanted you. Rijndael would buy you a week, max.
Hushmail is kind of a joke if you think about it. It uses great encryption but relies on SSL (TLS for you opera boyz) for access...and it's not even IPSec bases SSL....just straight-forward OpenSSL.
Want real security? Only access the 'net (to do something illicit) via a public terminal, and only use that online identity for three transactions. Use PGP (cryptopak, Private Idaho, hushmail) if you want.
