@jpaskaruk @MindOfJoe To play devil's advocate - I'd say that if you leave privacy & security until you absolutely need it, it's probably too late.
We currently have pretty big issues where most everyone's so nonchalantly leaking data about themselves that it's pretty clear that we should be taking way more precautions than we currently are. The US should be teaching a pretty big lesson right now that our current digital footprints are able to get the new books thrown at you for doing something that was legal months ago and is important for keeping you alive.
And here we are still using plaintext email like it's 1987. 😉 Automatic encryption-switched-on emails would be great.
Still lots to work on in the bigger picture beyond that, of course.
@kinetix @MindOfJoe I absolutely agree that we have collectively been, not just ignoring crucial security and privacy issues, but actively working against our better interests in every respect. The desire to be on the yacht instead of on the polluted shore is a powerful motivator.
But I still think that adoption is a neutral factor, overall, and I think if there were suddenly a mass movement of people learning to use something more handcrafted like this, that would be the final impetus for all oppressive govs to outlaw non-backdoored encryption.
I also think the outlawing of it is inevitable, but the longer it flies under the radar, the longer those who really and truly need it will be able to quietly use it.
@jpaskaruk @MindOfJoe I don't know that I'd agree with that... mostly because governments are already trying to wreck or outlaw encryption here and there. I feel like that's a lost battle for them, for the most part - in that I don't think it's flown under the radar at all for them.
@kinetix @MindOfJoe Ahh, but why don't they seem to care, when techbros are generally refusing to hand over the info?
Answer: Because they can just buy it from the data brokers. They don't need to break encryption as long as people are using big tech, because the phone collects all the important stuff, and it's available at bargain basement prices, compared to the political capital of doing the legal necessaries.
If we form a resistance movement and stop using anything from SV, they will very quickly do the formalities.