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It wasn't paranoid in crypto-knowledgable circles. It earned you a tinfoil hat outside of them. That's why Snowden was important.
by setpatchaddress 10y ago
It wasn't paranoid in crypto-knowledgable circles. It earned you a tinfoil hat outside of them. That's why Snowden was important.
- nickpsecurity 10y agoI totally agree with that. His work was greatest in raising awareness of people who'd otherwise never be exposed to it.
- 0xCMP 10y agoThis 100%. Snowden was so important because he brought this stuff mainstream. But, let's be completely clear that it was already mostly known in bits and pieces and many leaders in tech had already been sounding the alarms. I am in no way downplaying Snowden or what he prompted everyone to do, but everyone knew it was happening. They just weren't motivated or felt no one else cared. Its kind of like trying to get people to use PGP for normal communications: You understand why, and they might too, but they don't care enough. So it doesn't get done.
- nickpsecurity 10y ago"Its kind of like trying to get people to use PGP for normal communications: You understand why, and they might too, but they don't care enough. So it doesn't get done." Good example. I've seen harder to use tools with little benefit adopted by enterprises because management forced it. The simplest version of encrypted email and storage often was ignored for just apathy.