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The long-term effect is that it destroys email, just like they are destroying SSL, DNS, and many other building bricks of the internet, which are gradually gett
by gizi 11y ago
The long-term effect is that it destroys email, just like they are destroying SSL, DNS, and many other building bricks of the internet, which are gradually getting replaced by alternatives that are more difficult to subvert. For example, shutting down Napster only lead to the emergence of bittorrent. I am not against it. I think that this type of arms race cannot be avoided. So, let's embrace it.
- vinceguidry 11y agoArms races are rarely good for anyone. This one in particular will only make it harder for everyone to do their jobs. Law enforcement will find it impossible to execute perfectly-legal search warrants. Corporations will be subject to ever-more-onerous demands by their customer bases for security against imagined adversaries with the resources of nation-states. Regular civilians will find themselves bewildered by an array of security choices but no real help in determining what's important and what's not, not to mention will still be vulnerable to theft of secrets not even in their control. The nuclear arms race went ok because both main parties were rational, realistic professionals with no desire to see chaos reign. That's not the case with all parties seeking nuclear weapons today. Nobody's worried about MAD anymore, but the chances of someone, somewhere detonating a nuclear weapon on a populated area is just as high as it ever was. There's no reason to be embracing anything, however inevitable it may look.