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I've advocated in other threads here for the need of more widespread, mass market, anonymous communications tools. This is not just an anonymity issue, but a cr

by AJ007 15y ago

I've advocated in other threads here for the need of more widespread, mass market, anonymous communications tools. This is not just an anonymity issue, but a critical tool for any company wanting to claw market share away from Facebook, Google, or whoever is their dominant competitor. E-mail, chat, and voice communications between two people should universally utilize end to end encryption. Service providers should have no knowledge of the contents of that communication, nor the ability to reveal the contents. Using private communication in order to serve advertisements to individuals is dubious. Small companies can not afford a data breaches. Building spying tools in to your service for any group or nation -- be it the US or China -- compromises the trust users have in you in addition to facilitating espionage, warrantless data theft, and other illegal activity. These spying services are more than welcome to access this data at the point it is received through the use of lawful means. Giving them on demand, effortless access to anything they please spawns a lazy, corrupt, and paranoid society for all involved.

DanBC 15y ago
Your point about "widespread" and "mass market" is important. People can't cope with encrypted email. There are very many broken implementations, and even with the good crypto people install it wrong or use it wrong. Something that's idiot proof is important. But then, "they'll" just pass a law requiring people to hand over the keys, or go to jail for X years. (Which could happen now under contempt of court laws, but would be easier under UK style RIPA law. (http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/23/contents http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/23/contents) (http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/counter-terrorism/regulation-investigatory-powers/ripa-codes-of-practice/ http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/counter-terrorism/regulation-in...) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulation_of_Investigatory_Powers_Act_2000 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulation_of_Investigatory_Pow...) )

by AJ007 15y ago

DanBC 15y ago

Your point about "widespread" and "mass market" is important. People can't cope with encrypted email. There are very many broken implementations, and even with the good crypto people install it wrong or use it wrong. Something that's idiot proof is important. But then, "they'll" just pass a law requiring people to hand over the keys, or go to jail for X years. (Which could happen now under contempt of court laws, but would be easier under UK style RIPA law. (http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/23/contents http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/23/contents) (http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/counter-terrorism/regulation-investigatory-powers/ripa-codes-of-practice/ http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/counter-terrorism/regulation-in...) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulation_of_Investigatory_Powers_Act_2000 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulation_of_Investigatory_Pow...) )