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It's almost as if handwritten letters sent through the USPS and cash printed by the Treasury is more private than email and cryptocurrency.
by encryptluks2 5y ago
It's almost as if handwritten letters sent through the USPS and cash printed by the Treasury is more private than email and cryptocurrency.
- bserge 5y agoThey're not, but you can't search through them as fast :)
- desine 5y agoActually, they are. By and large, email is sent unencrypted, and can be spied on by a variety of groups, both private and public. Opening USPS mail requires a warrant, and it is a federal agency that protects their jurisdiction and customers. Back when I did drugs, and back when I bought them off the silk road, many US based distributors used USPS overnight mail, because intercepting and opening a package took a court order, whereas FedEx and UPS retain the right to inspect their packages as they see fit (which may include at the request of authorities).
- sam_lowry_ 5y agoEr... Most email is encrypted [1]. But since there is only a handful of big email providers in the world, and they are all in US, your Montenegro / North Corean / Birman governments won't be able to spy on these email providers, but US government will. [1] https://transparencyreport.google.com/safer-email/overview?hl=en https://transparencyreport.google.com/safer-email/overview?h...
- hansel_der 5y agoIndeed, interception and manipulation of electronic communications/elections/transactions scales vastly better than paper-based.