This isn’t the first time the FBI Director has mentioned his homemade security measures. During a Q&A after a
speech on encryption and privacy at Kenyon College earlier this year, during which he claimed “
absolute privacy hampers law enforcement,” he also admitted to wanting his own privacy.
“I saw something in the news, so I copied it. I put a piece of tape — I have obviously a laptop, personal laptop — I put a piece of tape over the camera. Because I saw somebody smarter than I am had a piece of tape over their camera.”
In the same breath, he also told the audience:
“[The
public should] demand to know how the government conducts surveillance.
Demand to know how they’re overseen, how they’re constrained. Demand to
know how these devices work.”
While that may
seem open and honest,
the message being sent by the U.S. government completely contradicts such a sentiment.
