Five ways to protect your privacy in an increasingly intrusive world

We have moved into the age of Big Brother. Though not as crudely obvious as two-way TVs in everyone’s dwelling the way George Orwell depicted in his novel 1984, all the electronic devices we use can be tapped into by Homeland Security, the CIA and the the NSA (National Security Agency).
Let’s get a concise understanding of what the NSA is about from a couple of unnamed NSA officials interviewed in 2012 by WIRE magazine, as their hugely sprawling center was nearing completion in rural Utah.
They explained how the NSA had made incredible breakthroughs with cryptanalyzing, or breaking through any and all encryption codes for computers and cell-tower-dependent communications, which are crucial for maintaining privacy and security.
The mammoth Bluffdale, Utah, NSA center will be able to pry into any online activity and cellular or satellite communication anywhere to harvest data for its databanks. According to one of the officials, “Everybody’s a target; everybody with communication is a target.” [1] But it’s not just the Big Brother operations that one needs to be wary of. There are private companies and criminal hackers who want to get into your communication systems as well.
(1) Avoiding biometric scanner facial/iris identification:
Biometric scanners are appearing in many train or bus stations, airports, banks, schools, grocery stores, gas stations, ATMs, intersections and even computers and phones. Who knows who ultimately has access to that data?
Some are concerned that scanners can be used to track someone’s identity from place to place, and have created several convoluted, impractical measures to avoid being recognized facially or by iris reading that, in this author’s opinion, are much ado about nothing.
Besides, some of these silly “solutions” may get you into more trouble, while others are not cost-efficient. [2] There’s a much easier, old-fashioned way. Wear large, high-quality sunglasses.

This post was published at Natural News on Saturday, November 08, 2014.