Re:DuckDuckGo Sees Record Traffic After NSA PRISM Scandal
by zhemao on Wednesday June 19, 2013 @06:08PM
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Google does encrypt user data at rest. The problem is that they also have the decryption keys. They need to be able to see the data in plain text in order to target ads and improve their services. That's their entire business models. So, there is pretty much zero chance that Google will ever "implement some real encryption and decentralization in its services." If we want a Search Engine/Email Provider/Video Sharing Service/Thousand Other Things Google Does that is decentralized and encrypted client-side, it would have to be built by a different company or community with a different mission and profit model.
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Re:DuckDuckGo Sees Record Traffic After NSA PRISM Scandal
by mtgx on Thursday June 20, 2013 @03:50PM
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There are apps where they don't need to do that, such as Hangouts/Gtalk, and possibly even Drive.
Re:DuckDuckGo Sees Record Traffic After NSA PRISM Scandal
by zhemao on Friday June 21, 2013 @05:24PM
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Then they would need a way to do client-side public key encryption in the web browser, which is difficult and not really an important feature as far as the vast majority of their users are concerned.