Re: Is this ALL good advise
On 05/12/2019 18:18, Joe wrote:
I can't take any more of this thread. It's "ADVICE" ! :-)
> On Thu, 5 Dec 2019 09:14:31 -0000 (UTC)
> Curt <curty@free.fr> wrote:
>
>> On 2019-12-05, ghe <ghe@slsware.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> I found out about it in an article on Internet security/privacy on
>>> the New York Times -- it's safe for mortals.
>>>
>>> OTOH, I haven't been able to get anyone around here to switch from
>>> GMail...
>>
>> What the aging hoi polloi might not be able to grasp is why, after
>> many decades and even centuries of communication using diverse media
>> (notably postal and telephone services) without encryption for the
>> masses (i.e. for those who are neither spies nor wise guys nor
>> soldiers engaged in battle et. al.), it has now somehow become a
>> crucial need.
>
> Because only in the last decade or so has it been possible for a
> government or company to read and listen to every single word of
> correspondence of every single person in their country, without any
> judicial oversight or probable cause. If it had been possible earlier
> than that, it would have been done.
>
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