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Talking quietly at the local pub is resistant to all but the most sophisticated surveillance efforts too. It's only very recently that people have been communi
by p1necone 6y ago
Talking quietly at the local pub is resistant to all but the most sophisticated surveillance efforts too.
It's only very recently that people have been communicating over the internet, allowing the mass surveillance. All encryption does is return us back to the pre 1990s in terms of surveillance capabilities.
- lima 6y agoExactly. Or going for a walk in the forest - many of these conversations are now happening online. On the flip side, even ordinary phone calls and messages are often encrypted by default now, which used to be much more readily available to law enforcement. It's such an interesting situation, society-wise.