{"id":37145,"date":"2013-08-08T10:16:58","date_gmt":"2013-08-08T17:16:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/?p=37145"},"modified":"2013-08-08T11:01:27","modified_gmt":"2013-08-08T18:01:27","slug":"how-to-protect-your-privacy-from-big-brother","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/2013\/08\/08\/how-to-protect-your-privacy-from-big-brother\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Protect Your Privacy From Big Brother"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><ul class=\"inline-playlist playlist\" title=\"\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/archive.org\/download\/20130808Uprising\/2013_08_08_encryption.mp3\">Listen to this segment <\/a><\/li><\/ul><ul class=\"inline-playlist playlist\" title=\"\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/archive.org\/download\/20130808Uprising\/2013_08_08_uprising.mp3\">Listen to the entire program<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" align=right width=50% src=\"\/home\/graphics\/encryption.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>The US Government\u2019s official website, USA.gov, has plenty of advice to dish out on how people can protect their online privacy from spammers, corporations, and viruses. But it says nothing about how to keep Big Brother from snooping on you. <\/p>\n<p>We now know, thanks to people like Edward Snowden and Glenn Greenwald that virtually our every online move is literally being watched, tracked, and databased by our own government. <\/p>\n<p>But is there anything individuals can do to keep our communications private? <\/p>\n<p>And, by even attempting privacy, do we draw suspicion to our online activity? <\/p>\n<p>Is the government capable of breaking into secure communications like encryptions and third party proxy servers? <\/p>\n<p>And, how would we even know if they are or aren\u2019t capable? <\/p>\n<p><em>GUEST: Sascha Meinrath, vice president of the New America Foundation and director of the Open Technology Institute<\/em><\/p>\n<p>If you use Mozilla Thunderbird and Seamonkey you can use <a href=\"http:\/\/www.enigmail.net\/home\/index.php\">Enigmail<\/a> to encrypt your email. <\/p>\n<p>If you use Microsoft Outlook, <a href=\"http:\/\/office.microsoft.com\/en-us\/outlook-help\/encrypt-e-mail-messages-HP001230536.aspx\">click here<\/a> for instructions on how to encrypt your emails.<\/p>\n<p>An in-progress project for encrypting texts in Firefox is called <a href=\"https:\/\/crypto.cat\/\">Cryptocat<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pcworld.com\/article\/254338\/how_to_encrypt_your_email.html\">Click here<\/a> to read an article on CNET on how to encrypt your emails. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pcworld.com\/article\/2041044\/how-to-protect-your-pc-from-prism.html\">Click here<\/a> for an article in PC World called How to protect your PC from Prism surveillance.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.macworld.com\/article\/2041083\/how-to-encrypt-your-email.html\">Click here<\/a> to read an article on MacWorld called How to Encrypt Your Email.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/whispersystems.org\/\">Whispersystems<\/a> offers secure communications for mobile phones. <\/p>\n<p>Find out more about the LEAP Encryption Access Project which is working on a number of secure communications projects here: <a href=\"https:\/\/leap.se\/en\">https:\/\/leap.se\/en<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Find out more about Sascha Meinrath&#8217;s project, the Open Technology Institute at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.opentechinstitute.org\">www.opentechinstitute.org<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The US Government\u2019s official website, USA.gov, has plenty of advice to dish out on how people can protect their online privacy from spammers, corporations, and viruses. But it says nothing about how to keep Big Brother from snooping on you. 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