A recent EFF report [0] purports to show that many companies are becoming more proactive in defence of internet users' privacy. It rates companies on how well they protect data from government requests. This makes some of these companies such as Google look very good for privacy.
However what the report also does via its omissions is illustrate the need for Tor. The report omits to mention so-called metadata, the information about who comunicated with whom and when and for how long and where they connected and the size of communication. Further, it narrowly focuses on government requests, omitting to consider that companies may have standing offers to sell data and metadata to governments or other entities[1]. Makes me wonder if the companies mentioned are donors to EFF... [0] Who Has Your Back? 2014: Protecting Your Data From Government Requests https://www.eff.org/who-has-your-back-government-data-requests-2014#att [1] ATT, Verizon, Sprint Are Paid Cash By NSA For Your Private Communications http://www.forbes.com/sites/robertlenzner/2013/09/23/attverizonsprint-are-paid-cash-by-nsa-for-your-private-communications/ -- tor-talk mailing list - [email protected] To unsubscribe or change other settings go to https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk
