<story><title>Encrypt your Google chats and make the NSA sad</title><url>https://github.com/nicolas-t/gAES</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>tlrobinson</author><text>Possibly, if they had say, a backdoor in all Intel&amp;#x2F;AMD processors.&lt;p&gt;The question is what he meant by &amp;quot;We can plant bugs in machines.&amp;quot;</text></item><item><author>conradfr</author><text>Well can they do that in Richard Stallman&amp;#x27;s laptop ? If so we are doomed :)</text></item><item><author>freshhawk</author><text>This would definitely be the level of security that falls under this statement from Snowden:&lt;p&gt;Q: Is it possible to put security in place to protect against state surveillance?&lt;p&gt;A: &amp;quot;You are not even aware of what is possible. The extent of their capabilities is horrifying. We can plant bugs in machines. Once you go on the network, I can identify your machine. You will never be safe whatever protections you put in place.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;(from &lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.guardian.co.uk&amp;#x2F;world&amp;#x2F;2013&amp;#x2F;jun&amp;#x2F;09&amp;#x2F;nsa-whistleblower-edward-snowden-why&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.guardian.co.uk&amp;#x2F;world&amp;#x2F;2013&amp;#x2F;jun&amp;#x2F;09&amp;#x2F;nsa-whistleblowe...&lt;/a&gt;)</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>SilasX</author><text>Not even then.  I remember reading about how he uses the freest (as in freedomest) setup he can get:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;stallman.org&amp;#x2F;stallman-computing.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;stallman.org&amp;#x2F;stallman-computing.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;He mentions its a Lemote machine which doesn&amp;#x27;t look like it uses an AMD&amp;#x2F;Intel processor, as it uses Longsoon:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Loongson&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Loongson&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;Unlike processors from Intel, Advanced Micro Devices or VIA Technologies, Loongson does not support the x86 instruction set. The processor&amp;#x27;s main operating system is Linux, while in theory any OS with MIPS support should also work.&amp;quot;</text></comment>
<story><title>Encrypt your Google chats and make the NSA sad</title><url>https://github.com/nicolas-t/gAES</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>tlrobinson</author><text>Possibly, if they had say, a backdoor in all Intel&amp;#x2F;AMD processors.&lt;p&gt;The question is what he meant by &amp;quot;We can plant bugs in machines.&amp;quot;</text></item><item><author>conradfr</author><text>Well can they do that in Richard Stallman&amp;#x27;s laptop ? If so we are doomed :)</text></item><item><author>freshhawk</author><text>This would definitely be the level of security that falls under this statement from Snowden:&lt;p&gt;Q: Is it possible to put security in place to protect against state surveillance?&lt;p&gt;A: &amp;quot;You are not even aware of what is possible. The extent of their capabilities is horrifying. We can plant bugs in machines. Once you go on the network, I can identify your machine. You will never be safe whatever protections you put in place.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;(from &lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.guardian.co.uk&amp;#x2F;world&amp;#x2F;2013&amp;#x2F;jun&amp;#x2F;09&amp;#x2F;nsa-whistleblower-edward-snowden-why&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.guardian.co.uk&amp;#x2F;world&amp;#x2F;2013&amp;#x2F;jun&amp;#x2F;09&amp;#x2F;nsa-whistleblowe...&lt;/a&gt;)</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>xefer</author><text>&amp;quot;We can plant bugs in machines&amp;quot; to me sounds more like a clue that this guy really doesn&amp;#x27;t know what the hell he&amp;#x27;s talking about.</text></comment>