Is Cryptography A Solution To Escape Surveillance Programs By Government?
After Snowden's expose of how the United States government monitors the activity of people around the world, there was an uproar about protecting one's privacy. People later learned that India too is all set to launch its own monitoring system - called Central Monitoring System (CMS) by the year end. With CMS, the government will be able to get access to all your personal information, including emails, text messages, instant messages, your data on social networks etc. So those who really care about keeping their data totally personal from Government's eyes, have been wondering if there's a way to escape these surveillance programs.
It looks like a lot of people are wondering whether encrypting their data is the right and effective way to achieve this. You can encrypt data and unless you know the exact mechanisms to decrypt it, no one can really see what's hidden.
What's your take on this?
It looks like a lot of people are wondering whether encrypting their data is the right and effective way to achieve this. You can encrypt data and unless you know the exact mechanisms to decrypt it, no one can really see what's hidden.
What's your take on this?
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