Caspar Bowden, former Microsoft Privacy Chief no longer trusts MS

[Feathers McGraw]

Just finished it. A lovely little free software gem there at the end..

http://youtu.be/qa83l2_ZzEo?t=1h2m5s

Feathers

[Feathers McGraw]

Watching the youtube video now, it's fascinating. And scary.

A related topic - EFF's "Who Has Your Back 2013" report

Thanks for posting.

Feathers

[woodsmoke]

Nice post Tenuis.

I will merely indicate:

a) compare the map to a post that I made in another thread a couple of months ago that "the U.S. "controls" internet traffic"., it may be a "direct" control or a "defacto" control but it is in large part that.

b)

Long term, the problem could lead to the construction of digital firewalls, in which the United States is effectively isolated behind protective nodes built by local governments to scrub and redirect traffic away from potential capture points.

How many times have I posted that the U.S. started constructing such a "firewall" around itself concerning "media".since during the Bush administration...

BUT at least Bush put a stop to the much coveted(by Dems and BUSINESS) idea of having to have a "talk radio" station PROVE it was working in the "public interest"....

but.....the digital firewall statted under BUSH...

about........the "non - royalty paying" evil internet streaming media people...

The extreme case that I cited was that a man that had developed an internet radio station that went to ALL of the rest of the world but had to get a "key" to get into the U.S.?

And under the NEWLY EXPANDED UNDER..... Patriot Act......under Pres. OBAMA.... any "attack" on the "BUSINESS" interests of a U.S. company is considered terrorism?...... such as..... you downloading a youtube video?

Because of the POSSIBILITY that YOU downloading a video would POSSIBLLY reduce royalty payments to a media company ...?

"We" in the U.S. always think in terms of the "U.S. government" building a "firewall" around the U.S. to help the U.S.

hmmmmm seems that the rest of the world may not think like we do....

but.... hmmmmm....

which is the "go to country" that has the capability for country XYZ to ask to..... snoop on it's citizens...FOR them.....? hmm

methinks that the REALY PREGNANT SENTENCE....

is he does not carry a cell phone.

again, Tenuis, great post

woodsmoke

[tek_heretik]

I became suspicious of Microslop's OS embedded 'spyware' years ago, way before this NSA scandal, shameful, George Orwell was right. Thanks for posting , interesting reading. Lest we not forget Intel jumped on the bandwagon for a while, while traceable CPU identifiers. It's things like this that force people 'underground', I've been predicting there will be two internets in the future.

Edit: With the US government consistently letting MS off the hook (in the courts) or mere slaps on the wrist, it's no wonder MS is so 'co-operative'.

[Teunis]

Until two years ago Caspar was the MS privacy officer, he has certainly turned a corner...
http://hothardware.com/News/Former-M...s-The-Company/
His presentation for a comity of the EU parliament:
http://youtu.be/qa83l2_ZzEo
As pdf:
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meetdo...ingnote_en.pdf