{"id":2078,"date":"2016-02-13T11:40:17","date_gmt":"2016-02-13T19:40:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/?p=2078"},"modified":"2021-07-30T09:29:56","modified_gmt":"2021-07-30T16:29:56","slug":"the-worlds-most-powerful-nuclear-nation-cant-protect-its-dirty-secrets-what-makes-you-think-anybody-will-care-more-to-protect-data-collected-about-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/the-worlds-most-powerful-nuclear-nation-cant-protect-its-dirty-secrets-what-makes-you-think-anybody-will-care-more-to-protect-data-collected-about-you\/","title":{"rendered":"The world’s most powerful nuclear nation can’t protect its dirtiest secrets. What makes you think anybody will try harder to protect data collected about you?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two recent events shine a spotlight on the complete absurdity of the claim that sensitive data collected through surveillance is \u201csafe\u201d in any way, shape or form.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The first is a couple of years old, and that\u2019s Edward Snowden publishing the dirtiest conceivable laundry of the National Security Agency, arguably the most secret and protective agency of the most powerful nuclear military nation on the planet.<\/p>\n

The second is China hacking into<\/a> the US\u2019 Department of Homeland Security and downloading personnel files on everybody working with national security in the United States \u2013 records that specifically included any weak points that could be used for pressure against or extortion of those people, all several thousands of them. (To be honest, China has been assumed to be the penetrator, but no direct evidence has been presented. It doesn\u2019t matter for this particular point.)<\/p>\n

The United States spends more on national security than the next 25 countries combined.<\/p>\n

The takeaway here is as straightforward as it is quotable:<\/p>\n

When the most powerful country can\u2019t protect its very dirtiest laundry, what makes someone think that random collected private surveillance data on an unremarkable citizen will be protected in the slightest?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Privacy remains your own responsibility.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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