Tim BrayDec 29, 2022
I know, it’s just a “Someone Is Wrong On The Internet” piece, but that NYTimes piece about Why Signal Is Bad And Privacy Is Bad needs to be refuted in a compact explainer, so here’s mine: https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2022/12/29/Privacy-is-OK
Privacy Is OK

ongoing by Tim Bray
Show threadSheldon McGee
@timbray You say "There have been no credible proposals for taking privacy away just from the bad people" which I don't quite understand . . . a cop can suspect something and search your car for instance. And courts have broad powers to invade your privacy.
Dec 29, 2022 at 9:11pmWeb
Show threadTim BrayDec 29, 2022
@tooshel In the specific context of e2e encryption I mean
Show threadSheldon McGeeDec 29, 2022
@timbray No proposals as in we don't have a PKI like standard that includes Alice and Bad Bob and Cop?