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Why would the NSA "love it" when the average person uses PGP? It's like saying that the guy looking for a needle loves it when you throw hay on the floor becaus
by x1798DE 11y ago
Why would the NSA "love it" when the average person uses PGP? It's like saying that the guy looking for a needle loves it when you throw hay on the floor because it's really easy to spot the hay.
- cwyers 11y agoBecause the average person doesn't use PGP. Only a few people use PGP, and the very fact that they use PGP makes them stand out in a big way when you're doing bulk collection.
- joshka 11y agoAnd this is the problem. Apple, Google, etc. need to step up and say enough is enough. Implement something usable as a default email mechanism. Highlight the insecurity of defaults (e.g. chrome showing the broken lock symbol on non-https sites). The average person doesn't realize how insecure they really are.
- n0w 11y agoThe point is that the average person doesn't use PGP. My take: If someone has something to hide, they're likely to encrypt their communications. Encrypting their communications alerts the NSA that this person has something to hide.
- cyphar 11y ago> My take: If someone has something to hide, they're likely to encrypt their communications. Encrypting their communications alerts the NSA that this person has something to hide. Which is why you should practice good opsec and always encrypt everything, even when you're not doing something that "needs to be hidden".
- cwyers 11y agoRight, but even if you do that, you're still doing it because you have something to hide, even if not everything you're hiding needs to be hidden. Practicing good opsec makes you stand out as someone who NEEDS good opsec when everyone around you doesn't even rise to the level of shitty opsec, they're just not engaging in opsec as a practice.
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