On: Code Specialists Oppose U.S. and British Access to Encrypted Communication

[JupiterMoon]

> Politicians think encryption is in the first category.

This -- until people realise that their online banking is not secure without encryption. That puts it firmly into the second category for many people.

(It's my experience that people are more worried about their money than their dick pics.)

[cesarb → JupiterMoon]

> This -- until people realise that their online banking is not secure without encryption.

For some time, only online banking was allowed to use strong encryption on the web. There was a special kind of certificate, which could be issued only to financial organizations, which told browsers they were allowed to use strong cipher suites.

[jessaustin → JupiterMoon]

(It's my experience that people are more worried about their money than their dick pics.)

For one thing, most people have at least some money, while the desire to photograph one's genitals (and especially, after having done so, to keep the results private) is relatively rare.

[dpeck → jessaustin]

honestly, with the economy as it is today and the growth of social media based image/sexting/hookup services I'd argue the opposite is true.

[elektromekatron → dpeck]

They'll probably be the next generation of internet currency.