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I'm not sure I would go as far as saying it's impossible to have private communications on the Internet. It's impossible right now for the masses, because they

by devx 13y ago

I'm not sure I would go as far as saying it's impossible to have private communications on the Internet. It's impossible right now for the masses, because they've decided they can trust these 3rd parties. So we never really put much thought into adopting "Trust No One" type of services. But having such services is probably doable, and now that we know these companies can't actually be trusted, perhaps we'll start using them. Again, the main reason we didn't have private communications through 3rd parties, is because we thought we could trust those 3rd parties. But that has changed now.

huhtenberg 13y ago
> they've decided they can trust these 3rd parties Most of said masses don't even realize there's trust involved, leave along making a decision on whether to trust vendors or not. They just swallow what's free without much thinking. Just look at something like the real-estate business. You'd think that realtors would appreciate how much private information is passing through their hands and that they would conform to the privacy protection laws they are typically bound with. And yet, every single one of these retards uses Gmail and routinely email forms stuffed to the brim with delicious personal info in plain text. How can you realistically expect the masses to do any better?