Ali-Reza Anghaie: > On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 7:06 PM, Jacob Appelbaum <[email protected]> wrote: > >> It's interesting because one outcome seems to be that almost everyone >> agrees that plaintext should not be considered reasonable. That's a >> great outcome so far - I remember a time when people felt that it was >> fine, most of the time, to have unencrypted communications as the norm. >> >> I look forward to the day when those same people start to get the big >> picture on general social graph style traffic analysis. >> > > I don't think it's they don't get it - once explained to even the most > jaded they accept the expertise - it's that in the time period with > immediate windows of opportunity present people are looking for a usable > solution for ~their~ definition of usable (not "ours"). And they want it > ~now~ on systems they actually have access to. >
I regularly explain this to people. Many people have a normal psychological reaction where they decide they're not important, not a target, targeting is too hard and so on. Generally, they then say, "well, whatever" and go on with their lives. It's a heavy burden to consider the weight of the NSA's warrant-less wiretapping abilities and ongoing realities. > That's their acceptable risk standard even if we entirely disagree. > > Breaking that dynamic isn't something you or I can fix per se. Is it? -Ali > Sure - we tell people what the problem is as we see it, we find out how it is being exploited, we build some solutions to address it and we try to iterate from there. All the best, Jake _______________________________________________ liberationtech mailing list [email protected] Should you need to change your subscription options, please go to: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech If you would like to receive a daily digest, click "yes" (once you click above) next to "would you like to receive list mail batched in a daily digest?" You will need the user name and password you receive from the list moderator in monthly reminders. You may ask for a reminder here: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech Should you need immediate assistance, please contact the list moderator. Please don't forget to follow us on http://twitter.com/#!/Liberationtech
