On Thu, 5 Dec 2019 09:14:31 -0000 (UTC) Curt <cu...@free.fr> wrote: > On 2019-12-05, ghe <g...@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. -- Joe
