On Sun, Apr 08, 2012 at 11:46:11PM +1000, Scott Ferguson wrote: > On 08/04/12 22:36, Chris Bannister wrote: > You're trying too hard. That path leads to paranoia. > > That using encryption might make people suspicious is no reason not to > use encryption. Quite the reverse. If people you don't wish to share > your information with want to know your business - use encryption. > > You propose that because communications "might" be under surveillance > [*1] you should *not* secure communications with encryption. Huh? > I refuse to sing "Is this glove that I'm feeling" in the hope that > shifty eyed people don't look at me - but you pick your own music ;-p
Whoa! whoa! I agree entirely. I am a strong believer in privacy and have some quite heated discussions with people who think that if you have nothing to hide then you shouldn't be worried. [snipped stuff which I completely agree with.] > >> would make a compelling reason *to* encrypt email. > > > > I said "... that *if suddenly* two people start encrypting ... " > > Which I read and quoted. > <snipped> But obviously missing my point. > > Some people say that if you get a laptop with a finger identification > > setup on it you are safer, I say, the opposite, I want to keep all my > > fingers. > > Too much Hollywood (or lead paint, the symptoms are similar). Are they? So a thug who sniffs lead paint while watching a Quentin Tarantino movie who wants to get into your laptop which uses finger identification, even though it might be disabled or the driver doesn't work, doesn't at least put a bit of a chill up your spine? [snipped stuff which I completely agree with.] > And lastly on that subject - are you the guy who *hasn't* seen the XKCD > $5 spanner joke? :-) Guilty. -- "Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet." -- Napoleon Bonaparte _______________________________________________ D-community-offtopic mailing list [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic
