Leave Your Cellphone At Home, Says Jacob Appelbaum 306
An anonymous reader writes "N+1 has an interview with Jacob Appelbaum (who is part of the Tor project) titled 'Leave Your Cellphone at Home.'" Jacob has a lot to say about privacy, data security, and surveillance. He ought to know. Among other things, he's had his email seized, been relieved of his phone, been the subject of a National Security Letter (video) and generally had his travel disrupted.
Not just your phone! (Score:5, Funny)
This isn't just with phones. Did you know that law enforcement agencies can see what you're doing when you're on the internet?? You should stop using the internet. But it's probably too late, anyway, because they've probably infected your computer with a program that monitors your every keystroke!
And that's not all! Did you know there're identifying numbers on your car, too? Law enforcement can track you and indict you simply because of a number on the backside of your car! You should probably just leave your car at home.
And don't even get me started about how unsecure your fingertips are.
Re:Leave it at home? (Score:4, Funny)
I use CDMA [wisegeek.com] you insensitive clod!!!
Re:a much better idea (Score:2, Funny)
No, no, see, it transmits your GPS coordinates to a monitoring station while "off" all the time and magically does this without draining any battery power or emitting detectable RF.
Re:Leave you phone^W lojack at home. (Score:5, Funny)