well said
http://techcrunch.com/2015/12/20/hey-hey-my-my-strong-encryption-will-never-die/
I'm not sure i can agree with that article at all. the argument at facevalue is that we should be encrypting every post, which is absurd. What actually needs to be encrypted:
email (check)
financial transactions (check)
unless you're doing something illegal, proprietary, or a sysadmin/whistleblower/etc , you probably don't need to encrypt much else.
The point the author is trying to make is that electronic communications should, and can be help privately. They are no different than a face to face conversation, except for it being transferred in a very suceptiable environment. The same first amendment right should be afforded in this form, within the continental US at least.
So in a sense, I agree that everything doesn't need to be encrypted. Everyone is also not a terrorist, so just because you aren't physically in the same room doesn't mean you can't hold a private conversation. You should still have the same first amendment rights as face to face participants.
one final thing i'd like to address is that our hurdle for consumer facing "easy" encryption is because its a hard sell. demand is low, because its a niche market. i suspect that as the threat of censorship and spying increases, so will that demand and we will finally see easy to use mass marketed encryption programs in use. wouldn't you agree?
first off, you are agreeing what I said is right, which I knew already.
i dont think its a hard sell at all TBH, I mean with the frequent past information leaks, not only the government, but also the private sector, it has become an increasingly talked about issue.
2-factor authentication is becoming more common, just look at iphones app store password, combined with their fingerprint scanner. they have laid the ground work. passwords as a form of authentication are about the worst thing ever created, but they are based on an old system. as encryption gets better, so will the authentication process, and it will become more users accepted the further it advances.