← Back to context Comment by lazyasciiart 1 day ago Criminals use privacy protection that is not illegal too. 3 comments lazyasciiart Reply AnthonyMouse 1 day ago Indeed, criminals use things like HTTPS and ad blockers and lock the doors to their cars and homes. But so does everybody else? lazyasciiart 1 day ago Yes. I am disagreeing with your assumption that all "libertarian minded tech" must be illegal and only used by criminals. VPNs, Signal, ... yujzgzc 10 hours ago Using HTTPS to check Gmail and send messages isn't what I'd call libertarian tech. You're still communicating everything in cleartext to Google, whoever you're emailing with, and whoever subpoenas Google or the other provider.
AnthonyMouse 1 day ago Indeed, criminals use things like HTTPS and ad blockers and lock the doors to their cars and homes. But so does everybody else? lazyasciiart 1 day ago Yes. I am disagreeing with your assumption that all "libertarian minded tech" must be illegal and only used by criminals. VPNs, Signal, ... yujzgzc 10 hours ago Using HTTPS to check Gmail and send messages isn't what I'd call libertarian tech. You're still communicating everything in cleartext to Google, whoever you're emailing with, and whoever subpoenas Google or the other provider.
lazyasciiart 1 day ago Yes. I am disagreeing with your assumption that all "libertarian minded tech" must be illegal and only used by criminals. VPNs, Signal, ... yujzgzc 10 hours ago Using HTTPS to check Gmail and send messages isn't what I'd call libertarian tech. You're still communicating everything in cleartext to Google, whoever you're emailing with, and whoever subpoenas Google or the other provider.
yujzgzc 10 hours ago Using HTTPS to check Gmail and send messages isn't what I'd call libertarian tech. You're still communicating everything in cleartext to Google, whoever you're emailing with, and whoever subpoenas Google or the other provider.
Indeed, criminals use things like HTTPS and ad blockers and lock the doors to their cars and homes. But so does everybody else?
Yes. I am disagreeing with your assumption that all "libertarian minded tech" must be illegal and only used by criminals. VPNs, Signal, ...
Using HTTPS to check Gmail and send messages isn't what I'd call libertarian tech. You're still communicating everything in cleartext to Google, whoever you're emailing with, and whoever subpoenas Google or the other provider.