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"always" [assuming the worst case scenario] is more than a little onerous for the vast, vast majority of internet users. Isn't there a reasonable middle ground?
by crispyambulance 11y ago
"always" [assuming the worst case scenario] is more than a little onerous for the vast, vast majority of internet users. Isn't there a reasonable middle ground?
Also I don't follow how does one "prove" a MITM attack by downloading the same executable serveral times and getting different hashes?
- obfusc8 11y ago> for the vast, vast majority of internet users. Well, unless this is baked in, which it is not. It's the old privacy rich vs privacy poor debate. If I buy black curtains, I cast less of a (nude) silhouette than my neighbor for all to see, but the tradeoff is, I have to research black curtains on the internet, where there is no privacy, and so I have no choice but to build my own private Internet. If the internet was private, no such measures need to be taken and I have perfect autonomy. Autonomy being a luxury since the digital space has effectively perfect memory. This is why I'm against logs and data retention. It's very un-natural and it's why the human brain habitually flushes memories. Nature needs to renew itself and re-invent itself, and in some sense, forget itself (if you believe in a Gaia mind).