Chris Knadle wrote: > On 9/15/2011 8:32 AM, Joseph Apuzzo wrote: >> A friend of mind turned me on to https://www.google.com aka to have an >> encrypted conversation with Google. >> I've been using it, since I like as much crypt-o traffic on the net as >> possible. >> >> But why? Anyone have any intelligent toughs on the subject, I would like >> to hear your take on the service and what it's good for. > > 1. Your search results are valuable. People can be recognized for who > they are based on what they search for. (There have been articles on > that.) > > 2. More important than your search results are your logins to Google > such as for GMail and other services. You would probably not appreciate > finding out later that someone was secretly getting CC:ed on every email > you send and receive, and used this information in order to change the > ownership on your domain name(s) via email while you were away on vacation. > > 3. A natural extension of the combination above is "if it's going over > the 'net, it should be encrypted if possible." So if there's an > encrypted version of the same service available, use it. > > 4. Have a quick look at DuckDuckGo as an alternative to Google. > https://duckduckgo.com/ > > And read about what Google does that they don't tell you. >
My original request for SSL on a mail server was from a user who, after I explained how one shouldn't rely on SSL to keep messages encrypted via e-mail, explained to me that he and I had completely different perspectives. I was looking at it from an Internet perspective, he was looking at it from the "nosy neighbor" perspective, which is a perfectly valid concern that last-hop SSL does indeed address. Google has, more than Apple or Microsoft, a vested interest in the Internet both being more secure and appearing to be more secure than it is well-known to be. So I think there's that also. If "The Cloud"/Web2.0/etc. collapses as it has every other time its been tried, Microsoft and Apple have something to fall back on, Google not so much. - Ron _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium Oct 5 - Distributed Authentication Systems Nov 2 - Nov 2011 Dec 7 - Chef
