Subj : Privacy is Power: take b
To   : Sean Dennis
From : August Abolins
Date : Sat Sep 11 2021 23:54:00

Hello Sean..

** On Tuesday 07.09.21 - 13:28, you wrote to me:

 AA>> "Reclaiming privacy is the only way we can regain control
 AA>> of our lives and our societies. These governments and
 AA>> corporations have too much power, and their power stems
 AA>> from us--from our data. Privacy is as collective as it is
 AA>> personal, and it's time to take back control.

 SD> Unless you give up every method of modern communication,
 SD> you're not going to have any privacy no matter what you
 SD> do.  It's very easy to find someone once you get their IP
 SD> address or phone number.

I should be receiving my copy of the book shortly. I will be  
looking for the parts that highlight the suggested ways of  
reclaiming privacy and post them here.  But given that the book  
is written by journalist, I doubt that there will be an in  
depth technical explanation.


 SD> So while I can appreciate trying to hold on to any shred
 SD> of privacy, unless you become a hermit, privacy in today's
 SD> world is nearly impossible.

Privacy in a general worldy sense, maybe not (the gov't  
agencies know where you are).  But privacy wrt to email can be  
achieved reasonably well with PGP.


 SD> After over three decades in IT, I've learned so many ways
 SD> that one's privacy is invaded, I've given up and if
 SD> someone wants to spy on me, go ahead.
                                 ^^^^^^^^

No, no, no.  Don't say that. Don't even think that!  :O

https://kolico.ca/mpg/TGC1972-privacy.mp4


 SD> But I do prefer encrypted email and using a VPN online.
 SD> Nothing is perfect but it makes it harder for those who
 SD> want to watch.

I'm surprised by the increase in pgp-based email services out  
there. I'v recently learned about:

[1] https://www.preveil.com/preveil-email/

and

[2] https://www.virtru.com/email-encryption/

and

[3] https://www.securemyemail.com/

Vitru claims: "No Forced Vendor Trust or Blind Subpoena Risk"
Most vendors force you to trust them to host your data and the
keys protecting it, risking blind government subpoenas. Virtru
reduces this risk by storing keys separately from the data.

A review site mentioned this:

"Preveil and Virtru are totally free. Both are simplified
consumer-focused editions of enterprise-level products. Their
"big brother" products bring in the cash."

...but to get started in Virtru you have to request a demo -
which likely means it's primarily designed for corporate
accounts and charges $s.

SecureMyEmail claims:  It's end-to-end encrypted with Zero-Knowledge Encryption.

"SecureMyEmail provides true end-to-end asymmetrical encryption
with industry-leading 4096-bit keys utilizing the OpenPGP
standard. This means that your email is encrypted before it
leaves your device and can only be decrypted by your recipients
on their devices. No one, not your email provider, your ISP, a
hacker, or even us, can ever access your encrypted email or
attachments."

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