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"The question for users is there not whether the can evade surveillance etc. or not but which government they prefer to directly monitor them" Except that user
by betterunix 13y ago
"The question for users is there not whether the can evade surveillance etc. or not but which government they prefer to directly monitor them"
Except that users can evade government surveillance. Encrypt your email. Use anonymous remailers. Send broadcast messages to Usenet. When you need to manage more than two people, there are things like attribute based encryption that allow you to create access policies that are enforced cryptographically. Etc., etc., etc.
The real issue is that people are far too apathetic to accept the momentary inconvenience imposed by such cryptosystems.
- chmars 13y agoI am afraid that users cannot evade government surveillance. Sure users can encrypt their mail and other content but many relevant parts of user communication will remain public. The importance of metadata for surveillance cannot be overestimated. In addition, encryption and efficient communication bite each other – there is not just momentary inconvenience, there is constant inconvenience. Just an example: The OS X 10.8 version of GPGTools, essential if you want to use GPG not just on the command line, just became available a few weeks ago. Users who wanted to use the current version of OS X and GPGTools, had to revert to a beta version. In a productive IT environment, beta versions are not acceptable.
- betterunix 13y ago"The importance of metadata for surveillance cannot be overestimated" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anonymous_remailer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anonymous_remailer