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Not sure if I understood you correctly. In our context "evil" just meant that someone breached the secrecy a group assumed to be a shared value. Encryption is
by fwn 5y ago
Not sure if I understood you correctly.
In our context "evil" just meant that someone breached the secrecy a group assumed to be a shared value.
Encryption is never evil and the tools used to facilitate communication in democratic societies should not be equipped with traps to enforce whatever power positions exist at one time.
- danielheath 5y agoThe "Evil Bit" RFC is one of the famous April Fools jokes produced back when the standards body retained an excellent sense of subtle humor. I think it's safe to assume anyone that referencing it is doing so for comedic purposes.
- fwn 5y agoHa, thank you. I had no idea. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evil_bit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evil_bit
- salawat 5y agoIt is indeed a safe assumption in this case. I was trying to sneak in a "snitches get stitches" jab to balance out this year's establishment of the Protocol Police, but couldn't quite pull it off.