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This. That entire period should be examined as a lapse in judgement, not a time when things were better. Because of our state-of-the-art security, we're now ab
by tuxxy 7y ago
This. That entire period should be examined as a lapse in judgement, not a time when things were better.
Because of our state-of-the-art security, we're now able to do more things online in less secure environments. A secure, distributed internet is normal. One that is insecure by design is not.
- m-p-3 7y agoEven HTTPS was costly in terms of resources back then, thankfully hardware acceleration and better algorithms came and there are no valid reasons anymore not to encrypt communications now.
- xster 7y agoThey brought it up themselves too https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xozVBAWo8XI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xozVBAWo8XI (not dubbed unfortunately) where their users would accuse them of being antiquated for not doing any server sync'ed messages but it's all by intent.
- OrgNet 7y agoproper security has always been "state-of-the-art"
- dmix 7y agoEven burner phones were a technically state-of-the-art which was a story which underpinned an entire season of a TV show's plotline (and title). Cellphones became so cheap and widely available you could buy and throw them away efficiently to not get easily tapped and still make enough money, even as a low level drug dealer living in low income neighbourhoods. That wouldn't have been possible years prior.
- OrgNet 7y agoBurner phones are good for anonymity (if you buy them anonymously), but I don't think that they add any security