Now that would be something to see. A Holy Fool, who is now a Zombie. 
Recently, Sean Spicer, Whitehouse spokesmen has explained away Trumpâs false statement that Obama wiretapped his NY skyscraper. Spicer said, âThe President used the word âwiretapâ to mean broadly surveillance and other activities.â Spicer also suggested that Trump wasnât accusing Obama specifically, but instead was referring to the actions of the Obama administration.
Recently, Sean Spicer, Whitehouse spokesmen has explained away Trumpâs false statement that Obama wiretapped his NY skyscraper. Spicer said, âThe President used the word âwiretapâ to mean broadly surveillance and other activities.â Spicer also suggested that Trump wasnât accusing Obama specifically, but instead was referring to the actions of the Obama administration.
Paidion did you really think Trump meant Obama himself wiretapped Trump Tower? And yes i would use the words âwiretapâ and âsurveillanceâ as identical. Wiretapping is pretty much an outdated word now with the hi-tech technology around now. General Flynn was "wiretappedâ talking to the Russian ambassador while Flynn was in Trump Tower so maybe they were surveilling the Russian Ambassador, maybe Flynn, maybe Trump Tower, maybe everyone? Do you know?
Yes, he may have meant Obamaâs administration⌠But he still meant wiretapping. Why do you think the U.S. Justice Department is trying to find evidence that the Obama administration wiretapped Trumpâs phones at the Trump Tower? If they donât take Trumpâs statement literally, it seems a fruitless effort.
cbc.ca/news/world/deadline-trump-tower-surveillance-1.4022204
NPR is not the best source. Plus - they have not passed any bill yet. We have to see it to pass it, unlike ACA.
Hereâs an interesting article, in todayâs Christian Patheos site.:
Was the Apostle Paul the Biblical Equivalent of the Most Loyal Trump Supporter?
Qaz - you may be right. The fools might actually do that.
Disgusting is the proper word.
That doesnât stop us nerds, though. There are many ways to mask it or keep it from prying eyes. 
Randy - for those of us without the N-gene or the G-gene: if such a law is passed, what are the strategies you suggest?
Will the fact that I use a private internet access (PIA) be any protection against my ispâs money-grubbing, ethics-be-damned assault on my privacy?
And how would they be collecting the data, Dave? Thatâs the key question. Well, you can do various things.
Like install a Firefox or Google Chrome plug-in called Ghostery. Quite excellent, mind you.
Work behind a VPN service. A good one is Express VPN. And itâs quite nice and a VPN is recommended, for public Wi-Fi
Or you can enter the world, of the âdark webâ. Like with a tool called Tor.
Much depends on how they are collecting data, whom they are collecting it from, which companies are cooperating and what court challenges (I.e. tech companies, ACLU, etc.) are in place.
Letâs read a nice, BBC article from today:
Campaigners seek âto sell US politiciansâ browsing dataâ
Yesterday, Comcast had an internet outage. I noticed their name servers werenât functioning. And I noticed Google on Google Chrome, was using itâs own name servers, for searches. I switched the router to OpenDNS, with extra security filters. And have the IP stuff, for Norton Safe Connect, in case of any OpenDNS, name server issues. Now I just keep OpenDNS, as an extra security layer.
And for the benefit, of the âbold and braveâ:
Note: If you do something like use TOR, you should do, what the article suggests - get a VPN. I can neither confirm nor deny, I ever used TOR or visited the dark web.
P.S. I meant to use the words Deep Web in this post, rather than Dark Web.
Thanks Randy. Dark web? Iâll have to read up a bit.
Dark web, Dave, is a subset of the Deep Web. I should have used the words Deep Web. More on deep web at:
How Mysterious Is The Deep Web?
As far as the âdark webâ goes, this quote sums up my advice:
I got this interesting article today, from Anonymity Newsletter. Since we are talking about VPNs, I will share it here:
Thanks. I use a VPN that costs a couple bucks a month, no logs, works great.
As a , I think VPNâs on a consumer level are used primary to hide illegal activity when it comes to copyright infringement. Business has legitimate uses for them, we use them constantly. But for personal use? I suppose if you are paranoid that your activities are tracked, then sure, but then one has to ask: What are you hiding that you donât want others to know? Again, I believe most consumers uses them for illegal activities. Things that VPNs are used for the common level are:
VPN+Tor:
Child Porn Rings
Regular Pirated Porn Rings
Region Locking Software
Peer 2 Peer Sharing of copyright infringed data such as TV shows, Movies, Video Games, Music, Books, etcâŚ
Most people I ever met who are technical enough to use a VPN are typically doing illegal activities with them. All of them? No⌠But I have been a techie for 25+ years and a professional with it for 18+ years⌠No way can you convince me that the majority use it for legitimate reasons. Some do, yes, but by and far that is not the reason most use a VPN.
Edit ** BTW, if you think you are safe via running one with a privacy policy that doesnât keep logs, think again⌠Unless you can personally see the server configuration that logs are disabled, you are putting trust that they are being truthful with it. Secondary, you are assuming those VPN servers are not compromised in some way. With all the information leaks and tools the NSA were discovered to have, I wouldnât count on being as anonymous as you think.
I am paranoid, and almost all techies I know personally ARE paranoid. You yourself mentioned that you cannot count on even a commercial source that promises not to log - another reason to BE paranoid.
I know a number of techs that donât do any internet shopping for instance - I do, and Iâm paranoid about that info being hacked.
For me, paranoia = reality in this instance. So I will stay with the VPN (that has been greatly reviewed for years now) in hopes that those who wish me harm will not be able to,
A couple dollars a month is worth the peace of mind for me - even though it may not be perfect.
And that whole âwhat do you have to hideâ thing - câmon, privacy is not the same as dark intentions.
Letâs tallk about VPN. When should you use them? At any public Wi-fi spots. You can get hacked. Via scanners and many other ways. But a VPN has encrypted data. Even if you are hacked, they canât decipher it - without an decipher key.
On another front, I use credit cards for convenience. I donât carry a balance and I pay things off each month.
Well, someone hacked one of my cards. Perhaps with a scanner. And I was taking airline trips, going on spending sprees in other states, etc. But I attend a health club, Monday through Friday. So itâs impossible, to be in 2 places at once (well, not exactly true - from a mystical perspective). So I:
Worked with the credit card fraud division, to identify fraudulent transactions. And got a new credit card number.
filed a local police report
Joined Life Lock
I understand Dave. Most people here, on this forum, I would assume would be using it for legal means. But I do not believe that is the norm. I am a part of many forums and tech circles and I myself in my younger years did pirate from stuff via torrent. That said, it doesnât change the fact that it was wrong of me to do. And, was I any different than all my peers? Not in the slightest. Colleges and Work Places transfer all sorts of copyrighted material. They all have their âcollectionsâ or whatever it is they have. Anyhow, I digress at this point. Just saying that most people donât even know how to configure, purchase or use a VPN, much less what it is, and the ones that do, well, a good majority of them for the wrong reason⌠But, enough of that.
Understood, Gabe! Thanks.
Well, Gabe. I have to disagree. Most people use a VPN, for what they are designed for. Either:
Protect their devices in public WiFi situations.
Use it as part of work. Which is required for telecommuting
Sure, I have shared stuff here - via articles. And they tell you how to use a VPN and TOR, to view the Deep Web and even the Dark Web. And a nerd like me, might be curious. But I can neither confirm nor deny, whether I ever used TOR, or visited the Deep Web, Dark Web or the Deep blue Sea. Remember that the Dark Net, is only about 4%, of the Deep Web.
As far as the logs go. If a VPN company says they donât keep logs - but do. And nerds and geeks, later find out they do. Guess what? They just committed business suicide.
And VPNs are easy to set up and use. Just download software and turn a button on or off. It automatically connects to the nearest server. or you can pick a server, from a list of recommended ones.
And what do the vast majority of folks, doing illegal activities - do? Probably streaming stuff like Netflix.
And if folks donât like the government spying on themâŚor big business collecting data on themâŚand selling it to other, interested business parties - guess what?? Iâll tell friends, family and those on social media and forums, all about VPNs.
Anyway, as a treat, here is the latest from Suni Bali at sunilbali.com/2017/04/the-cult-of-being-average/