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> People will say “oh, use a tumbler” — which is again putting a permanent “I'm trying to hide illegal activity” flag up in any of the situations where you real
by cassianoleal 5y ago
> People will say “oh, use a tumbler” — which is again putting a permanent “I'm trying to hide illegal activity” flag up in any of the situations where you really need it
This is probably a correct analysis. It's very disheartening though.
Replace tumbler with encryption and you'll get the picture. My desire for privacy shouldn't be a reason to "Minority Report" me.
By the way, I know you didn't say otherwise - I'm just pointing out how bad the status quo can be.
- acdha 5y agoOh, I agree — the part of me which grew up reading the CYPHERPUNKS-L list wants this to work but one of the big things I've learned is how all of the fun cryptography is just a tiny part of a social system.