[lostnet]

The default installs of shells and window managers are likely to reveal whether the command has either ever or recently been run.. Disabling the defaults is also "suspicious".

I don't think you can fix a social problem with a technical fix. Innocent until proven guilty (of a crime with a victim please!) has to apply to employment law and clearances. Otherwise we are building a group of criminals who can honestly be believed when they say they are willing to violate the constitution to protect executive branch interests.

The trouble with the Snowden case is that the NSA now has more power to filter its employees/contracts in order to further violate the terms of the agreement.

Even drastic action would not fix it. Impeach the entire chain up the executive branch and the next one will be more secretive and let Hoover shine as the simple misunderstood Prom Queen he wanted to be.

I just hope Obama's actions will ruin him and this nonsense about replacing the President with an outsider. If that suddenly gets you an honest system instead of a cynical President, then kissing the frog must work too.

[ballard]

If BackTrack were outlawed as a munition, it would spread more, briefly. http://www.backtrack-linux.org/ Download it now, whether or not you need it, because it adds noise.

[lostnet]

> Download it now, whether or not you need it, because it adds noise.

Why would I download a security specific image?

If you want to be as secure as possible, download the smallest possible system that can bootstrap the compiler then build out from source, retaining all source and looking for variances when you recompile.

Personally, I don't much care. I am not looking for a technical solution. I am looking for a social upheavel in the form of citizens visibly exercising rights: http://www.aeinstein.org/ to finally end the cold war mentality in the US government.