Someone I know told me I had given up on this blog.
Probably true. I don't come around here very often, that's for sure.
More and more, I just feel like the truth can't be told. I can't say what I really think and feel; or, if I do say what's actually on my mind, I'd better make sure my commentary is not attached to my real name.
I hold a lot of unpopular opinions on a wide range of topics. I could hurt a lot of feelings among people who know me personally. Past, present, and future employers might not like things I have to say (the Thought Police are all too often corporate rent-a-cops). There is very little room for carelessness. Bridges burn so easily.
There are places on the Internet where you can supposedly go to keep an online diary and really let it all hang out.
And then I read things about how information analysts can identify supposedly anonymous bloggers by mathematically breaking down and analyzing their writing (this of course assumes they have a sample of writing they know for sure belongs to a particular person).
Pretty scary.
Which means that posting to this blog becomes one of those things I just somehow skip over. If I have to water everything down or "code" it, it loses the charge for me somehow. It's not fun anymore.
Still, there's no hurry. Fools rush in and all that.
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4 comments:
very real issues. May have to use one blog for some posts or one kind of theme, and use another URL that doesn't have your name attached for other stuff. Sadly people have to do things like this to protect themselves now. I think it is well documented that privacy is in decline on the Internet.
very real issues
i had an exchange with someone about email encryption just a few days ago. Here it is:
Quote:Originally Posted by wilhed
You responded to my post saying,
Quote:Regarding surveillance by the Govt, even using the real SSL'ed connection won't help, as the Govt has enough pull to get access at the server level. Use PGP/GPG with your SSL'ed email service
Can you elaborate on what this means? I don't know what SSL connection is or PGP/GPG.
thanks,
wilhed
Re: SSL connection?
SSL / HTTPS encrypts the connection between your PC and the server, so it can't be seen by 3'rd parties. Most free email providers use SSL. If the address begins with HTTPS:// then it uses SSL. However, the server can still see your unencrypted emails, so by using PGP you can keep your emails secure even from the email provider itself. pgp.com for a free version. PGP/GPG works with public/private keys.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public-key_cryptography
Quote:Originally Posted by wilhed
You responded to my post saying,
Quote:Regarding surveillance by the Govt, even using the real SSL'ed connection won't help, as the Govt has enough pull to get access at the server level. Use PGP/GPG with your SSL'ed email service
Can you elaborate on what this means? I don't know what SSL connection is or PGP/GPG.
thanks,
wilhed
Re: SSL connection?
SSL / HTTPS encrypts the connection between your PC and the server, so it can't be seen by 3'rd parties. Most free email providers use SSL. If the address begins with HTTPS:// then it uses SSL. However, the server can still see your unencrypted emails, so by using PGP you can keep your emails secure even from the email provider itself. pgp.com for a free version. PGP/GPG works with public/private keys.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public-key_cryptography
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