Re:Edward Snowden’s Privacy Tips: “Get Rid of Dropbox,” Avoi...
by teacup50 on Sunday October 12, 2014 @01:48AM
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> ...until the USgov/NSA chooses for them.
Local binaries can be -- and are -- audited. The USgov can't simply push new code (and this is why web-style pushed upgrades are a bad thing).
> Me and the person I replied were talking about "services"(tech companies), not stand-alone tools.
Goalpost movement. Services that control both client and server, and all the data involved in it, CAN NOT solve this problem; this is why we have (and need more of) well-defined protocols with more than one client and server implementation thereof.
SaaS, with their plethora of proprietary protocols, are the antithesis of privacy rights and a vibrant open internet ecosystem.
Local binaries can be -- and are -- audited. The USgov can't simply push new code (and this is why web-style pushed upgrades are a bad thing).
> Me and the person I replied were talking about "services"(tech companies), not stand-alone tools.
Goalpost movement. Services that control both client and server, and all the data involved in it, CAN NOT solve this problem; this is why we have (and need more of) well-defined protocols with more than one client and server implementation thereof.
SaaS, with their plethora of proprietary protocols, are the antithesis of privacy rights and a vibrant open internet ecosystem.