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HTTPS protects content. Content requires a warrant in the united states. The bulk metadata programs, as far as we know, only collect metadata. Which two IP add
by r3trohack3r 6y ago
HTTPS protects content. Content requires a warrant in the united states.
The bulk metadata programs, as far as we know, only collect metadata. Which two IP addresses communicated, the routes they took, the size of the payloads, etc. are all "metadata".
HTTPS, AFAIK, does not solve this.
- ccktlmazeltov 6y agoUsing a VPN adds indirection but can give you a sense of false security as well. Metadata is obviously the least important data to analyze, but for example a VPN does not hide the size of payloads. TLS 1.3 do addresses that and let's you randomly pad messages but I don't think anybody use that.