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bmn? ? ?Premium,ExMod 2003-06
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hiatus | Surprise... If this becomes the case, just watch, over night the use of encryption on the net will skyrocket. ISPs don't have the computing resources to crack most of the encryption algorithms out there in real time in order to catch and stop encrypted packets. So, all the really determined pirates have to do is encrypt away.
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|  | | Re: Surprise... said by bmn:If this becomes the case, just watch, over night the use of encryption on the net will skyrocket. ISPs don't have the computing resources to crack most of the encryption algorithms out there in real time in order to catch and stop encrypted packets. So, all the really determined pirates have to do is encrypt away. I eagerly await the day when all traffic is encrypted anyway. I'm always paranoid about my data moving around in the open, regardless of the content.
- Tate
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| | | | | | | Re: Surprise... How am I naive? I never said I didn't think encryption can't be broken. Given the choice of broadcasting completely in the open or broadcasting encrypted packets with a low chance of interception, I'll still take encryption thanks. Nothing in this life is completely secure, but in my mind using or not using encryption is akin to locking or not locking your doors when you leave your home.
- Tate
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| | | | | | | | | | | Re: Surprise... That's certainly an interesting and lucid opinion. "Tinfoils to the ready" indeed; you paint a rather bleak outlook for network security in general. Mind you, I don't disagree with any particular point you've made; clearly the government has many ways to determine what you're doing online. It's those nefarious third party (non-government) individuals that I'd like to maintain some semblance of privacy against. Futile? Perhaps. My opinion is still that encryption is far better than transmitting sensitive information in the clear though.
- Tate
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