The operative term for privacy protection is "end-to-end encryption". Systems like pgp started to become popular in the 90's, but seem to have fallen out of use. Maybe it's time they become ubiquitous.
There's nothing wrong with wanting privacy. For example: when you send a postal letter, you put it in an envelope. There are also laws that protect you from interference in the U.S. postal system. It's simple: you want privacy, and you are reasonable in wanting that privacy.
Meanwhile, there is a (ridiculous) trend in government, in which they think they have to have access to everything you send electronically. Why? They _say_ it's to have the evidence for crimes you "might commit".
But what we see from this is more and more, governments using these powers for fishing expeditions, in which those caught up in their dragnets have made innocent statements that, _to them_ sound "suspicious."
There are also bona-fide cases where those in power have used these capabilities for paranoid or political advantage. Example: http://www.suntimes.com/news/cityhall/5 ... tment.html
Anyway, here's the article referred to in the Subject:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/jonmatonis/ ... rypto-war/
There's nothing wrong with wanting privacy. For example: when you send a postal letter, you put it in an envelope. There are also laws that protect you from interference in the U.S. postal system. It's simple: you want privacy, and you are reasonable in wanting that privacy.
Meanwhile, there is a (ridiculous) trend in government, in which they think they have to have access to everything you send electronically. Why? They _say_ it's to have the evidence for crimes you "might commit".
But what we see from this is more and more, governments using these powers for fishing expeditions, in which those caught up in their dragnets have made innocent statements that, _to them_ sound "suspicious."
There are also bona-fide cases where those in power have used these capabilities for paranoid or political advantage. Example: http://www.suntimes.com/news/cityhall/5 ... tment.html
Anyway, here's the article referred to in the Subject:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/jonmatonis/ ... rypto-war/
