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From the post: > Some of the top-level indicators are surprisingly healthy. HTTPS adoption has taken off like a rocket, driven in part by Google’s willingness
by diafygi 7y ago
From the post:
> Some of the top-level indicators are surprisingly healthy. HTTPS adoption has taken off like a rocket, driven in part by Google’s willingness to use it as a signal for search rankings — and the rise of free Certificate Authorities like LetsEncrypt. It’s possible that these things would have happened eventually without Snowden, but it’s less likely.
> End-to-end encrypted messaging has also taken off like a rocket, largely due to adoption by WhatsApp and a host of relatively new apps. It’s reached the point where law enforcement agencies have begun to freak out, as the slide below illustrates.
The engineering and technology culture around security and product development has certainly changed. The IETF even adopted "Pervasive Monitoring Is an Attak"[1] as a best current practice.
[1]: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7258 https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7258