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It's not just the Internet traffic being encrypted, it's the proliferation of alternative services that have popped up because of the leaks (Protonmail, Tutanot
by kosasbest 5y ago
It's not just the Internet traffic being encrypted, it's the proliferation of alternative services that have popped up because of the leaks (Protonmail, Tutanota etc).
Many services exist now that are because of the revelations, and it's not just about HTTPS. You can very readily install many tools & utilities that thwart the NSA dragnet. Think Signal, Matrix, Cryptomator, self-hosted Nextcloud, AD-blockers like uBlock Origin etc.
This guy sparked a privacy revolution.
- unmole 5y ago> Many services exist now that are because of the revelations That's the narrative but doesn't really hold up to scrutiny. > Signal Moxie's original encrypted messaging apps date back to 2010 and Open Whisper was officially started in Jan 2013. > Matrix Came out of an effort to build a unified communications suite for corporations. > Cryptomator Never heard of it. More widely used solutions like Attic/Borg have been around since 2010. > self-hosted Nextcloud Nextcloud was forked from OwnCloud which was started in 2010. > AD-blockers like uBlock Origin Ad Block Plus has been around since 2005. uBlock Origin solves the same problem but does it better. Claiming this had anything to do with Snowden is a very tenuous argument.
- paulryanrogers 5y agoIt can be argued Snowden's disclosures have accelerated adoption of such privacy tools.
- Arathorn 5y agoMatrix actually came out of frustration from implementing RCS, and wondering if we could do better. There was no influence from Snowden; the reason that Matrix is E2EE is just common sense to avoid smearing plaintext data everywhere.
- unmole 5y agoThanks for the correction!