Re:Tech Companies and Government May Soon Go to War Over Sur...
by devx on Friday August 30, 2013 @12:46PM
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If only, but I just don't see companies like Google, Microsoft or Facebook implementing end-to-end encryption like OTR, ZRTP and PGP for their services, and even if they do, I'm not even sure I'd trust them not to implement a backdoor to get that data before it's encrypted somehow, at the behest of the government.
Unfortunately, the alternatives will have to come from elsewhere - from disruptive (in privacy) start-ups that will launch only services with security in mind from day one, as they try to steal customers away from those companies.
Unfortunately, the alternatives will have to come from elsewhere - from disruptive (in privacy) start-ups that will launch only services with security in mind from day one, as they try to steal customers away from those companies.