Re:JavaScript Cryptography Considered Harmful
by geertj on Tuesday June 17, 2014 @09:44AM
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I'm not sure why HN doesn't let me reply to danielweber's comment. Thread is getting too deep?
I admit that in practise you're not going to check the Javascript. But from the point of view of someone trying to get their hands on private material, the difference is huge. If the private material is on a server, a simple court order (or not) can give you access to potentially millions of customer records. But if you wanted to do dragnet collection when client-side crypto is in use, you now have millions of small but non-zero risks to get exposed.
I admit that in practise you're not going to check the Javascript. But from the point of view of someone trying to get their hands on private material, the difference is huge. If the private material is on a server, a simple court order (or not) can give you access to potentially millions of customer records. But if you wanted to do dragnet collection when client-side crypto is in use, you now have millions of small but non-zero risks to get exposed.
[EDIT: spelling]