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"I wonder: what if a substantial number of Americans started using strong crypto on a routine basis?" They already do! Everyone who makes Amazon purchases, or
by brown9-2 13y ago
"I wonder: what if a substantial number of Americans started using strong crypto on a routine basis?"
They already do! Everyone who makes Amazon purchases, or sends Facebook messages, or does online banking is all using some form of strong crypto.
Does our government treat all e-commerce shoppers as "bad guys"? No.
- gknoy 13y agoPerhaps I am cynical, but my bet is on "Yes, let's collect that too Just In Case".
- pronoiac 13y agoDon't forget: SSH is strong crypto too.
- gnoway 13y agoThey also don't need to snoop on the in-progress transaction to get all the information they want. They can get evidence via your CC records for Amazon, and in both cases they can subpoena the purchase/banking records. AFAIK the bar for getting those is a little lower than the bar for private email, which seems to be what most people are thinking of.