One-time-pads and carrier pigeons then! Seriously, I don't really care how people take their privacy into their own hands (as long as they don't harm anyone),

One-time-pads and carrier pigeons then! Seriously, I don't really care how people take their privacy into their own hands (as long as they don't harm anyone), but this ridiculous theme of "you have nothing to hide and/or [insert bit of data] isn't really private anyway" is starting to become a real bore. BTW... I understand the shortcomings of OTPs (and pigeons; I live in New York), but I don't see why it's not used more often. I mean secure distribution of pads is starting to look like the least vulnerable link in the chain at this point. Besides, generating an OTP is fairly trivial. http://eksith.wordpress.com/2011/12/26/cryptographically-secure-one-time-pads/ http://eksith.wordpress.com/2011/12/26/cryptographically-sec...