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The end-game of BigSister is probably for ISPs to drop any encrypted packets. This seems doable. She's not as naive as the article makes out and undoubtedly tak
by lovemenot 9y ago
The end-game of BigSister is probably for ISPs to drop any encrypted packets. This seems doable. She's not as naive as the article makes out and undoubtedly takes advice from very smart people at GCHQ.
I agree that steganography can be a solution to sustain open communication. It's less brittle than crypto but offers weaker guarantees. I know of a suitable system design. Not plain English, rather plain bitfield.
- JetSpiegel 9y agoOh yes, drop all HTTPS traffic, and bankrupt the City after every fraud insurance is activated at once in the entire UK. What could possibly go wrong?
- lovemenot 9y agoYou're right, not universally dropped packets. Opt-in MITM with dropped packets as default?
- kwhitefoot 9y agoJust write the law so that it exempts really big businesses. After all the financial sector is already effectively an arm of the state. If they were genuinely independent businesses they would be allowed to go bankrupt when they make bad decisions, after all that is what limited liability was created for.
- tetha 9y agoAh, so we don't just have a fast internet lane, we also have a secure internet lane. And of course, a fast and secure internet lane costs more than double!