Re:Crowd steps up to fund 'NSA-proof' app
by nthj on Friday July 12, 2013 @01:09AM
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I never quite understood this. Certainly you don't want to send an unencrypted notification message (“Matt says: here are the meeting times”) to Apple's notification servers. But do you really have to be that verbose? I'm not terribly concerned about the NSA logging “you have $n new messages!” notifications.
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> I'm not terribly concerned about the NSA logging “you have $n new messages!” notifications.
But you can appreciate that as part of risk assessment some people might have a valid reason to be concerned about leaking even that much information?
GCHQ / NSA are good at finding patterns in data, so a collection of "You have $n new messages!" notifications can provide insight into the organization of a group.
Yes, I certainly understand. Most people wouldn't be concerned—and would be far more likely to use the technology if they could enable a feature like "You have $n new messages."
I propose it as an option, not a default.