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Encryption is only used by criminals. I have nothing to hide so I don’t need it

barelyauser 3y ago
Mass surveillance by a benevolent AI is the best outcome for humanity. That or correcting the evil out of man by genetic engineering.
- teddyh 3y ago
  The Day the Internet Stood Still
- blooalien 3y ago
  > "Mass surveillance by a benevolent AI is the best outcome for humanity." Except that "benevolent AI" doesn't exist, and likely won't exist before the evil humans abuse existing AI to destroy humanity.
eimrine 3y ago
That's a poor apology for implementing a social rating score. Which is inevitable since you consider you have strictly NOTHING to hide.
AndroTux 3y ago
You have nothing to hide? Tell me your password to your email and bank account then.
- robbywashere_ 3y ago
  I get encryption for these types of things but if the police need to see things to protect citizens they should be able to.
timrichard 3y ago
How about the Ansible Vaults in my Git repositories?
blooalien 3y ago
> "Encryption is only used by criminals." Utterly and completely wrong on multiple levels. Almost everyone (in "developed" nations) uses encryption (directly or indirectly). Banking today would be largely impossible without it (just to name one really simple example among many). > "I have nothing to hide so I don’t need it" “Arguing that you don't care about the right to privacy because you have nothing to hide is no different than saying you don't care about free speech because you have nothing to say.” ― Edward Snowden The ACLU has a ton of articles about why this sort of "I have nothing to hide" thinking isn't really well thought out. Here's just one: [1] The web in general has many more such articles. Spend a few minutes with your favorite search engine. [1]: https://www.aclu.org/news/national-security/you-may-have-nothing-hide-you-still-have-something-fear https://www.aclu.org/news/national-security/you-may-have-not...
- robbywashere_ 3y ago
  The banking and whatever is fine, but encryption should be back doored so the police can see the data if they need to. If you have nothing to hide this is okay.
  - blooalien 3y ago
    Encryption should be back doored so every hacker-wannabe and their dog can sell private information on the dark web, and hold data for ransom even more than they already do, you say? I decline, thank you very much. As to "If you have nothing to hide", everyone has something that's nobody's damn business to know, and weakening encryption is not a solution. It's just a can of worms nobody really wants opened, even though many people ignorant of the consequences think they do.
hellojesus 3y ago
Master bait

Mass surveillance by a benevolent AI is the best outcome for humanity. That or correcting the evil out of man by genetic engineering.

teddyh 3y ago
The Day the Internet Stood Still
blooalien 3y ago
> "Mass surveillance by a benevolent AI is the best outcome for humanity." Except that "benevolent AI" doesn't exist, and likely won't exist before the evil humans abuse existing AI to destroy humanity.

eimrine 3y ago

That's a poor apology for implementing a social rating score. Which is inevitable since you consider you have strictly NOTHING to hide.

AndroTux 3y ago

You have nothing to hide? Tell me your password to your email and bank account then.

robbywashere_ 3y ago
I get encryption for these types of things but if the police need to see things to protect citizens they should be able to.

timrichard 3y ago

How about the Ansible Vaults in my Git repositories?

blooalien 3y ago

> "Encryption is only used by criminals." Utterly and completely wrong on multiple levels. Almost everyone (in "developed" nations) uses encryption (directly or indirectly). Banking today would be largely impossible without it (just to name one really simple example among many). > "I have nothing to hide so I don’t need it" “Arguing that you don't care about the right to privacy because you have nothing to hide is no different than saying you don't care about free speech because you have nothing to say.” ― Edward Snowden The ACLU has a ton of articles about why this sort of "I have nothing to hide" thinking isn't really well thought out. Here's just one: [1] The web in general has many more such articles. Spend a few minutes with your favorite search engine. [1]: https://www.aclu.org/news/national-security/you-may-have-nothing-hide-you-still-have-something-fear https://www.aclu.org/news/national-security/you-may-have-not...

robbywashere_ 3y ago
The banking and whatever is fine, but encryption should be back doored so the police can see the data if they need to. If you have nothing to hide this is okay.
- blooalien 3y ago
  Encryption should be back doored so every hacker-wannabe and their dog can sell private information on the dark web, and hold data for ransom even more than they already do, you say? I decline, thank you very much. As to "If you have nothing to hide", everyone has something that's nobody's damn business to know, and weakening encryption is not a solution. It's just a can of worms nobody really wants opened, even though many people ignorant of the consequences think they do.

hellojesus 3y ago

Master bait