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^ THIS! I don’t see how the situation is in any way more complicated. Real-world analogies can get pretty squirrelly but it would be quite literally like the f
by kjsthree 8y ago
^ THIS! I don’t see how the situation is in any way more complicated.
Real-world analogies can get pretty squirrelly but it would be quite literally like the following.
Man standing on the sidewalk outside a store yells into the store at the shopkeeper “hey there, can I have some free fish?”
Shopkeeper yells back “sure!” and tosses a fish to the man on the sidewalk.
Add more yelling back and forth for TLS handshake.
At this point, the man on the sidewalk can do whatever he wants with the fish. It was freely given.
- Mirioron 8y agoOff topic: isn't this how user privacy works too though? People complain about companies like Google and Facebook "stealing their data," but it's their browsers sending out the data. If users don't want Google to have the data then they shouldn't send it to Google.
- ric2b 8y agoYes it is, and that's why several browsers have been working hard to protect user privacy without impacting convenience too much.
- brokenmachine 8y agoThis could have implications for Google. Basically this example, if accepted in law, would mean that if you want your data to be private then Google would be expected to respect that, even if you sent them that data in the clear. It's a ridiculous outcome.