Always a good day for the NYT when it can publish a technology take that gives me a spontaneous eyelid twitch. https://twitter.com/kurtopsahl/status/1608187446151512065
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“Late contender for worst take of the year: NYT oped argues @signalapp is bad because users might not know it strongly protects comms from surveillance. I, for one, am a “witting” advocate user. https://t.co/3JQ0gVTmOw”

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Encrypted messaging might feel like an “extreme” conception of privacy until you consider the vast number of things we once did in surveillance-resistant private settings that now routinely take place online. It’s like complaining people are allowed to buy homes without hidden microphones because they might plan crimes in them.
@thedextriarchy Reminds me of something I wrote ages ago, during a previous round of FBI whining about citizens having encryption on our phones... https://kagan.mactane.org/blog/2016/04/04/things-that-are-immune-to-warrants/
Things That Are Immune to Warrants – Coyote Tracks