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Reposting my comment on the blog: I can't comment on which encryption schemes are still strong, but one advantage to using protection for general use is provid
by robertfw 13y ago
Reposting my comment on the blog:
I can't comment on which encryption schemes are still strong, but one advantage to using protection for general use is providing strength in numbers. Right now, using Tor or strong encryption is a bright beacon saying "this person has something to hide!" and the NSA et al hone in by default.
If, however, using Tor and strong encryption was the norm, it is easier for those who need it - whistle blowers, dissidents, etc - to hide underneath the regular noise.
edit: keep getting flagged for spam! Perhaps I have the wrong keywords?
- anovikov 13y agoThat won't work because Tor is too slow. I'd use only if i was a terrorist - it's too slow even for pedophiles. If we want people to use crypto en masse, we have to give them something faster. But the general idea is correct.
- dispense 13y agoPerhaps it's been a while since you've last used Tor, but at least in my experience, the speed really isn't that bad, especially for tasks that aren't time critical. Speeds of hundred or several hundred KB/s are not uncommon. The latency is a couple of seconds at most, in most cases. You won't be streaming in HD over Tor, sure, but fetching your email over Tor is not significantly more tiresome than over a direct connection. There is usually no noticeable lag for instant messaging either. YouTube video streams in the Tor browser also works with no delays most of the time.
- x1024 13y agoWait, did you just call yourself a pedophile?
- Joeboy 13y agoThis is why I heretically believe that bad crypto may in some sense be preferable to no crypto, unless you really have something to hide (eg. you're a defense contractor or an opponent of a tyrannical government).