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   From: etacx18@etaoin.com   
      
   On Sun, 23 Jun 2013 12:15:48 -0600, rbowman wrote:   
      
   > Dänk 42Ø wrote:   
   >   
   >> With this in mind, ask yourself how Ixquick/Startpage stays in business   
   >> if it doesn't sell personal info for profit.  It could very well be a   
   >> CIA front company, based on the theory that anyone who wants to conduct   
   >> private Internet searches must be up to no good.  In other words, using   
   >> StartPage/Ixquick may put you at the top of the KGB's blacklist.   
   >   
   > There is the interesting legal argument that if you use Tor and your   
   > apparent IP is in Brussels, for example, it isn't apparent that you are   
   > a US national and protected by whatever minimal guarantees there are   
   > against spyong on US citizens.   
   >   
   > Whether it's a Christians In Action honeypot is another consideration.   
      
   I think one has to assume they look at everything regardless   
   of where it comes from or who writes it.  No doubt they will   
   pay more attention to encrypted messages, but breaking encryption   
   or even tracking it is a certain amount of work, which protects   
   the message from casual observation.   
      
   On one of the political blogs I read, one of the regulars   
   suggested going the other route and CC'ing the NSA on all your   
   mail.  He provided a supposed email address for this purpose,   
   but I'm not sure it's valid.   
      
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