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Most ISP's have a central point of contact / administration, and can be compelled to only forward encrypted traffic if it's explicitly permitted. I think that
by __MatrixMan__ 2y ago
Most ISP's have a central point of contact / administration, and can be compelled to only forward encrypted traffic if it's explicitly permitted. I think that covers most everything, besides the chattering of a few ham radio operators here and there.
- BLKNSLVR 2y agoThat feels like a large escalation from where we're currently at though. That would put a dagger through a majority of self-hosters.
- __MatrixMan__ 2y agoThey can apply for an approved key if they need to, that way that key can be revoked if they misbehave. I know it sounds drastic but imagine the kind of person who would try to prevent encryption in the first place. We should expect drastic steps from them.
- pb1729 2y agoIt wouldn't cover steganography. What looks like an unencrypted video file may have an encrypted message hidden in the noise.
- idontwantthis 2y agoAlso wouldn’t cover encrypted messages sent in the clear. Exchange keys ahead of time and you’re just sending noise to each other. I guess you could still target users sending random noise under the assumption they are using encryption.
- __MatrixMan__ 2y agoDo you think they'd be trying to take encryption away if they weren't already inspecting the packets deeply enough to notice the difference between natural language and encryption noise? One has to imagine that the whole point is to read the underlying message, right?
- rysertio 2y agoIt's extremely costly to deeply inspect terabytes of traffic.
- RcouF1uZ4gsC 2y agoIt doesn't have to be absolute. Just cross some threshold of inconvenience.
- __MatrixMan__ 2y agoAssuming the compression is lossless. As it is you have to go looking for places on the web that will even host a bit-for-bit copy of an image you've uploaded. Though I suppose there will always be options. But if they become too much of a hassle they'll become the domain of people who have something to hide, which would be a significant downgrade. I myself have nothing to hide, but I want to provide cover in case you do.
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- rysertio 2y ago> Most ISP's have a central point of contact / administration, and can be compelled to only forward encrypted traffic if it's explicitly permitted. We standardized https. So it should be a lot harder than usual techniques.