If you are pushing packets anywhere on the public internet you aren't really all that disconnected. Much of what the author talks about assumes all of your cont

If you are pushing packets anywhere on the public internet you aren't really all that disconnected. Much of what the author talks about assumes all of your contacts are highly intelligent and paranoid programmers. That leaves out 99% of my family and friends. Any highly technically advanced decentralized secure non-NSA-readable communication technology is likely indistinguishable from magic to the general public.