The Crypto wars are not over. Governments regularly try to weaken public encryption tools.
In this week's newsletter, I interview @Mer__edith, president of Signal encrypted messaging app about how we got here.
If Signal was a pen-maker, she said, no one would expect it to turn over all the writing generated by its pens.
"I don’t think we have much of a chance for a livable future if we don’t have a truly private means to communicate with each other."
https://themarkup.org/hello-world/2023/01/07/back-into-the-trenches-of-the-crypto-wars
We also need to look at the flip side of the coin - namely that criminals love this privacy thing. Just look at who buys the most burner phones.
I'm not a big fan of enabling criminals, be they drug dealers or human traficers.
@MaryPot @Julia @Mer__edith the buyers are those who have the most resources (=criminal networks), not those that need it most. Talking of crime is not the actual problem, it is doing crime. Repeatedly doing crime, to be clear.
@MaryPot @Julia @Mer__edith I don't see a reason to disagree. Thought it would help to expand
@mapto @Julia @Mer__edith
I don't really see where you are disagreeing with me?