Interesting article: Facebook and Google ... / 2012-11-25

Interesting article: Facebook and Google know that we value conformity more than our privacy - New Statesman about the new book Cypherpunks by Julian Assange. Some thought-provoking remarks and I enjoyed this one in particular:

At present, the only solution from Assange and his cypherpunks seems to be for everyone to become competent at digital encryption, which is not going to happen any time soon. We know this because, even though there’s free software out there that allows anyone with moderate computer skills to make their data secure, the head of the CIA, for God’s sake, still uses Gmail to drop messages to his mistress.

Learn to use pgp/gpg, all of you!