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Originally posted by Wertdagf
reply to post by XPLodER
The internet isnt very old. All telecommunications technology is still in its infancy compared to other things such as the "wheel".
I thinks it not such a wise idea to label such things as rights... that a baby is born deserving of a private email account and cellphone.
The internet isnt very old. All telecommunications technology is still in its infancy compared to other things such as the "wheel".
Today, EFF joins a broad, international coalition of civil society groups calling on elected officials to sign the new Declaration of Internet Freedom and uphold basic rights in the digital world. The Declaration is simple; it offers five core principles that should guide any policy relating to the Internet: stand up for online free expression, openness, access, innovation and privacy
while in public i expect my actions to be public but my comunications while in public to be PRIVATE
we can reuse the existing infrastruture, with a new layer "encryption"
why are we thinking tack on patches? to existing security?
Originally posted by XeroOne
reply to post by XPLodER
That might be the case in an ideal world, but a Bill of Rights can't give you that. Privacy campaigners are always making a huge deal about governments infringing our rights on the Internet, but our government isn't what you should really be worrying about. A much bigger threat at the moment are the criminal groups who exploit peoples' ignorance and empty their bank accounts, or use their computer as remote storage for indecent images, or commit other serious crimes using your identity. The reality is the US and UK government are spending a lot of money trying to protect us against that.
So what are you doing personally to achieve that? You cannot expect that privacy by sending your communications unencrypted over a public infrastructure. Any unencrypted traffic on the Internet is fair game.
There are different types of encryption that work at different layers of the Internet.
Because that's how things work in real-life. Engineers develop a security measure, hackers find ways around it, so the design is improved. Security is a game of cat and mouse.