Google Encryption

Wired has a superlative-laden article on Morgan Marquis-Boire, who was formerly a cybersecurity guy at Google.

In other related topics (linked from the article), Google posted info on how much of the email relays from GMail are encrypted.  Further, they released the source code to End-to-End; it would be interesting to see how that works.

1984

This is loco.  If I were to find such a device on my vehicle, I'd leave it there till trash day and then chuck it in.  The Fubby can have fun chasing the garbage truck.  If they bill me I'll counter that it must've fallen off, and someone else disposed of it.  After all, I can't be held responsible for the whereabouts of their clandestine surveillance devices.  One judge's remarks on the case:

The needs of law enforcement, to which my colleagues seem inclined to refuse nothing, are quickly making personal privacy a distant memory. 1984 may have come a bit later than predicted, but it’s here at last.