I didn't say they would necessary be looking specifically for furs. Even if there's no one out to get you, you still lock your doors at night. You can be the victim of a random crime or involved accidentally. I did make the point that the "I doubt there are surveillance programmes focussed on the furry fandom" and that, regardless of whether the US government cares about what we are doing or not, it's a good time to talk about security. As I said, hackers are more of an issue and if people haven't thought about these things they just make a hacker's life easier.
So if you don't use https it's easier for identity thieves to use steal your information. If you don't have proper passwords, other people could hijack your connections. You might not even know it's been done until the FBI shows up at your door because they've seen your connection looking for child porn. These things will probably not happen, as most people will not be burgled, but we need to talk about risk reduction and, in the case of government surveillance, basic civil rights.
"If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person, than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind."
~John Stuart Mill~
I didn't say they would necessary be looking specifically for furs. Even if there's no one out to get you, you still lock your doors at night. You can be the victim of a random crime or involved accidentally. I did make the point that the "I doubt there are surveillance programmes focussed on the furry fandom" and that, regardless of whether the US government cares about what we are doing or not, it's a good time to talk about security. As I said, hackers are more of an issue and if people haven't thought about these things they just make a hacker's life easier.
So if you don't use https it's easier for identity thieves to use steal your information. If you don't have proper passwords, other people could hijack your connections. You might not even know it's been done until the FBI shows up at your door because they've seen your connection looking for child porn. These things will probably not happen, as most people will not be burgled, but we need to talk about risk reduction and, in the case of government surveillance, basic civil rights.
"If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person, than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind."
~John Stuart Mill~