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And so the challenge is similar to the TOR challenge, in a sense. If you want real security it requires a certain amount of inconvenience (such having to use an
by numbsafari 13y ago
And so the challenge is similar to the TOR challenge, in a sense. If you want real security it requires a certain amount of inconvenience (such having to use an OS and a device for which you can verify it is doing what you think it is, or using a protocol that slows down your already slow internet connection) and because inconvenience is not popular this means using a tool that only people who are "afraid of being caught doing something" would want to use.
In a sense, you are an instant target for suspicion, you have created a "reasonable and probably cause for suspicion" by using such a device or software system.
I remember driving through my neighborhood in suburban Philadelphia and seeing a young man walking down the side of the road and being shocked by this act. Nobody walks in that neighborhood or along that road. Nobody bikes there. Frankly, it's ill advised because of the winding nature of the road and the absence of sidewalks or even a shoulder. I could feel myself become immediately suspicious of his presence and his actions.
All he was doing was going out for a walk. Frankly, I was the weird one.
At some point, as technology becomes embedded in our culture we expect people to use it and we look at those who do not as odd balls and are suspicious of them (think the Amish).
So if you are avoiding using the "latest and greatest" and opting to use a "secure system", people are going to look at you like you are crazy and be suspicious of your activities. This will probably drive you to keep it secret, which will only make it look more incriminating.
My point is: how do make these things mainstream in such a way that ordinary people who aren't interested in the security aspects can and will use them, but those who want or need the added security can use them without garnering suspicion for doing so?
- hershel 13y agoThat's a really interesting problem. 1. Say i care about privacy. I decide that all the help i give people over the internet, would be composed of a plain text teaser ,and an encrypted content. That's easy to imagine doing so in private messages , and even in small groups. Maybe even using some technical trick this could work on publicly posted information(or at least slow the rate/chance of wiretapping). And in those cases i only reply to messages sent securely. If enough people do this , soon enough , there will be plenty of encryption. 2. Make it a habit to embed an encrypted background channel in many apps that always transmits, that need comes be , can be used to transmit info. "Hey it's just a cool app man". If enough such apps spread, suddenly everyone encrypts. ' 3. Same applies regarding to anonymity.