Flamewar seems to have broken out:
http://neteffect.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2010/09/02/hay_what
I've had issues[1] with some of Morozov's previous writing[2] but if EM is
reporting accurately how Haystack is deployed - let alone used - then even
laying aside Kerckhoffs' principle / the lack of code transparency - I would
fear for anyone using it seriously.
All it would take would be one little bit of malware in the samizdat zipfile...
-a
[1] http://dropsafe.crypticide.com/article/3499
[2] http://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/2009/11/how-dictators-watch-us-on-the-web/
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