And The NSA Gets A New Innocent Target

from here

Apparently, if you use Tor or Tails (or even just search the web for them), the NSA takes extra special interest in you. So save your friends the hassle associated with searching for those tools and just share this page with them.

Torrorist merchandise

product page

Well there's a missed opportunity. Here I was making jokes about how if you used Tails the torrorists win, but I never thought to put the word torrorist on a t-shirt. These guys did, though, and they say they'll donate the proceeds to the Tor project.

Just Try To Avoid Splinters

from here (source image)

That's a warning sign that isn't going to deter anybody.

Well, You're Not Wrong...

found on memebase

Normally we compare machines to ourselves, but the other way around works too.

If you think the Linux Journal is an extremist forum...

If you think the Linux Journal is an extremist forum, you might be a national security idiot

(Inspiration)

Almost a Victory for Privacy in the USA

found on memebase

It's hard to get excited about some of the victories we see when stuff like this is still going on.

Lets Make Our Own OpenSSL

link to tweet

We aren't at 10 yet, but with LibreSSL and now BoringSSL, we're getting there.

And yes, that is supposed to be a parody of a famous nursery rhyme

The Gunfighter (And The Evil Narrator)

This is an example of how we can lose our autonomy to a person or organization that knows too much about us. It's kind of scary how they can abuse that knowledge to manipulate us and the people around us, isn't it?.

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Good thing we never hear about that happening in real life, right Facebook?

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Thanks For Sharing

from here (source image)

Under the circumstances, perhaps we should all show a little more restraint in what we share online.

R$A: $ure, You Can Trust Us

tweeted by Mark Stanislav

Thanks to Mark Stanislav for tweeting a picture of what looks like either a card or sticker of some sort, referencing RSA's apparent deal to weaken encryption in return for money.