Yes, and not using opportunistic encryption is something security experts have been screaming about for years.
Also, in some more recent revelations: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2013/12/10/nsa-uses-google-cookies-to-pinpoint-targets-for-hacking/ Because Google is not using SSL/TLS by default for every connection, the government snoops are piggy-backing off the tracking cookie(s) Google uses to track every search - even when not signed in. -Jason On 12/12/2013 12:15 PM, justin wrote: > On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 11:03 AM, Grant Shipley <[email protected]> wrote: > >> If the corporations didn't allow >> government snooping there wouldn't be an issue. >> > > Easier said than done. Google had to encrypt all their in-network > replication traffic because the government was snooping on the wires their > traffic was going over, right? > > --j > >
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