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Maybe hiding our messages from Google is worthwhile even if we can't hide them from the NSA.
by nix0n 10y ago
Maybe hiding our messages from Google is worthwhile even if we can't hide them from the NSA.
- a3n 10y agoYes indeed. And from criminals. While I don't want innocently become part of a government investigation merely because I communicated with someone who communicated with a suspect, it's well worth the effort to secure (or avoid) communication that criminals can intercept and subvert. That's the day to day danger to the day to day person, and that's why we need a secure by design internet. However, I despair that a secure by design internet is impossible in this civilization, because it will be designed in an environment that includes "stakeholders" like Google, Facebook and the NSA via NIST. The only thing that you can do, beyond waiting for a white knight service, is button down your end, try to convince the other end to do the same, and use niche and custom built tools. There is no secure future for the internet as we know it, or as it might come to be in the current civilization.