The tremendous positive impact from Edward Snowden’s NSA revelations will only be properly appreciated in the years and decades ahead, but I believe they will be extraordinary. In fact, we are already seeing many of them. From therecent halt on the CISPA bill in Congress, to the forced exposure of authoritarian shills in the mainstream media as they struggle to publicly defend the NSA. However, perhaps the most significant long-term impact will be the resulting boom in the privacy business. If you recall, I wrote a piece titled Bitcoin and Kim Dotcom: Why it’s Time to “Encrypt Everything” a couple of months ago.
In what I think is great news, the alternative, “non-tracking” search engine Duck Duck Go has seen a surge in traffic since the NSA scandal was revealed. As was noted in a Guardian article from today: “If the NSA demanded data from DuckDuckGo, there would be none to hand over.” More on this fascinating trend below:
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4 comments:
What crap. They're going to ride the wave, I guess. Just use a proxy ffs.
the creator/owner was interviewed this past week-end on fox and he said they are absolutely not saving or sharing anything. I've used it and I love it. thank you very much ...
I think it time to do some research & switch.
George Zimmerman is bearing the brunt of everyones problems.He has taken the attention away from the real issues of the day.Diversion appears to be the main route of escape for everyone who has something to hide.
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