[ExI] encryption

[Dave Sill]

On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 7:48 PM, William Flynn Wallace <foozler83 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> ​OK, just how paranoid should I be?
>

You shouldn't be paranoid but you should be cautious and take reasonable
precautions.


>   Get RedPhone for my android?
>

I use Signal, which is highly recommended. It's really no harder than any
other messaging app.

  Get some encryption for emails?
>

Don't use gmail for anything you wouldn't want to see on a billboard.

Wouldn't that just inform NSA or whoever that I might have good reasons for
> not using regular mails and phone calls?
>

Sure, that could put you on their radar. But so could this email exchange.
If you use encryption routinely for things that don't absolutely require
privacy--and lots of other people start doing that too, it makes the
spook's jobs a lot harder. I use a VPN on my phone and Chromebook so all of
my data traffic is encrypted. It's easy and inexpensive. I use
privateinternetaccess.com and they have phone apps and browser plug-ins
that are super simple to use.

Also, don't assume that encryption is perfect. A sufficiently motivated
entity can get around it. The goal is to make it harder to see your private
info and easier to see someone else's.

-Dave
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