How sure are we that NSA doesn't have open source contributors on their payroll as well? What Microsoft, Google, etc are doing is deplorable but these guys seem pretty to determined to retain the ability to violate anybody's privacy, anywhere, anytime they choose. On Fri, 2013-07-12 at 09:30 +1200, Ian Stewart wrote:
Currently the lead article in The Guardian newspaper from UK is titled: "Revealed: how Microsoft handed the NSA access to encrypted messages?"
See...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jul/11/microsoft-nsa-collaboration-user...
Sub-titled: • Secret files show scale of Silicon Valley co-operation on Prism • Outlook.com encryption unlocked even before official launch • Skype worked to enable Prism collection of video calls • Company says it is legally compelled to comply
While the article does not discuss the option of switching to Open Source Software, the comments section of the article contains quite a few posts discussing Linux and OSS as an alternative to Microsoft products.
Maybe these comments will help with boosting awareness of Open Source Software.
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