Re:The privacy wars are about to get a whole lot worse
by Zigurd on Wednesday September 07, 2016 @06:46PM
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There is no need to "balance" privacy with anything. You and I should just have privacy. Technology products can be created that put privacy first, and that thwart surveillance.
Moreover you don't need new laws to have privacy. Or looked at from another angle, even if you had laws protecting your privacy you should not rely on laws to keep your private information secure.
If all real time communication were secured with endpoint-generated ephemeral keys, and all storage and store-and-forward payloads were secured with keys distributed with a web-of-trust ket distribution infrastructure, the surveillance state and other commerce-oriented snoops would have to work much much harder to glean far less information.
Moreover you don't need new laws to have privacy. Or looked at from another angle, even if you had laws protecting your privacy you should not rely on laws to keep your private information secure.
If all real time communication were secured with endpoint-generated ephemeral keys, and all storage and store-and-forward payloads were secured with keys distributed with a web-of-trust ket distribution infrastructure, the surveillance state and other commerce-oriented snoops would have to work much much harder to glean far less information.