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If the NSA is targeting you, or you think they're targeting you, then your email provider is the least of your problems.
by nutjob2 12y ago
If the NSA is targeting you, or you think they're targeting you, then your email provider is the least of your problems.
- dredmorbius 12y agoAs Bruce Schneier has commented: he's not against targeted surveillance, undertaken with cause and a specific warrant. It's bulk surveillance of everyone, everywhere and at all times, that's a problem. Taking measures which raise the cost of surveillance helps ensure that if they get your data, it's because they really want it. Not just because they can.
- anilgulecha 12y agoThis standard response misses the nuance of end-to-end encryption: If the default everywhere was EoE encryption, it becomes significantly harder for anyone to target you (for an average value of you)
- XorNot 12y agoWell every second start proposition on HN is "you give us access to your..." So if the default was EoE, it still wouldn't matter.
- lifeisstillgood 12y agothis is really pedantic but why is End To End Encryption shortened as EoE?
- XorNot 12y agoNo idea - I was just grabbing some terminology used in the post I was responding to. EtE would make more sense.
- harlanlewis 12y agoTargeted surveillance always gets its man. Global EoE encryption's benefit is making it significantly (and perhaps prohibitively) more expensive to engage in bulk surveillance.