Most users, disregarding the government for the moment, don't need encryption full stop.
You've no idea what you're talking about. Please stop spreading such bullshit around; other people might fall for it!
Fireship is an app that allows you to hijack the account of any user on the same Wi-Fi network as you are, if the network is not encrypted, and the user used a non-encrypted connection to the website. Facebook, Google, Twitter and Flicker were all susceptible to such attacks before the advent of this tool; afterwards, they fixed it by using https by default.
Do you want random strangers to have full access to your Facebook account? No? Then you should realize that most people do need encryption full stop.
Also, only very powerful attackers can hack https encryption (they need either access to your laptop (hardware access, or a zero-day exploit), or access to the website (e.g. court warrant, or coercing a certificate authority)).
We were having a discussion about Telegram and similar uses of encryption, a discussion where I specifically responded to a remark on the strength required of Telegram-style encryption. I would hope that most people are capable of interpreting the context of a remark - especially embedded in paragraphs that expand on it. Rather than, 'fall[ing] for it!'
-sigh-
Beyond that I'm not going to engage with you any further, on this or any other point. You strike me as a bully, restrained where you are simply by the absence of an excuse rather than the presence of decency. As such, I've no interest in associating with you.
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You've no idea what you're talking about. Please stop spreading such bullshit around; other people might fall for it!
Fireship is an app that allows you to hijack the account of any user on the same Wi-Fi network as you are, if the network is not encrypted, and the user used a non-encrypted connection to the website. Facebook, Google, Twitter and Flicker were all susceptible to such attacks before the advent of this tool; afterwards, they fixed it by using https by default.
Do you want random strangers to have full access to your Facebook account? No? Then you should realize that most people do need encryption full stop.
Also, only very powerful attackers can hack https encryption (they need either access to your laptop (hardware access, or a zero-day exploit), or access to the website (e.g. court warrant, or coercing a certificate authority)).
We were having a discussion about Telegram and similar uses of encryption, a discussion where I specifically responded to a remark on the strength required of Telegram-style encryption. I would hope that most people are capable of interpreting the context of a remark - especially embedded in paragraphs that expand on it. Rather than, 'fall[ing] for it!'
-sigh-
Beyond that I'm not going to engage with you any further, on this or any other point. You strike me as a bully, restrained where you are simply by the absence of an excuse rather than the presence of decency. As such, I've no interest in associating with you.
Yeah, I probably overreacted.