<story><title>Steps You Can Take Right Now Against Internet Surveillance</title><url>https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/10/ten-steps-against-surveillance</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>drill_sarge</author><text>I am surprised that the EFF is recommending two factor auth instead of avoiding Google, Facebook etc. at all. Also no mention not to use certain proprietary OS.&lt;p&gt;I think this list provides some better overview of alternatives:
&lt;a href=&quot;https://prism-break.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;prism-break.org&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>sliverstorm</author><text>There is a motto with helmets in many sports I have participated in:&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;The best helmet, is the helmet you will wear&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;The rms approach, while effective, is untenable for most people. Sometimes more moderate &lt;i&gt;livable&lt;/i&gt; recommendations will wind up doing more good, because people will wear them.</text></comment>
<story><title>Steps You Can Take Right Now Against Internet Surveillance</title><url>https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/10/ten-steps-against-surveillance</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>drill_sarge</author><text>I am surprised that the EFF is recommending two factor auth instead of avoiding Google, Facebook etc. at all. Also no mention not to use certain proprietary OS.&lt;p&gt;I think this list provides some better overview of alternatives:
&lt;a href=&quot;https://prism-break.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;prism-break.org&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>r0h1n</author><text>Exactly! While 2-factor is a good defense against data&amp;#x2F;identity theft from criminals or malicious hackers, I don&amp;#x27;t think it&amp;#x27;ll be of much help against governments.&lt;p&gt;In fact I&amp;#x27;d argue that 2-factor authentication actually &lt;i&gt;helps&lt;/i&gt; governments &lt;i&gt;and&lt;/i&gt; private Internet companies because we willingly associate our mobile phones to our Internet accounts.</text></comment>