Re: [saag] Is opportunistic unauthenticated encryption a waste of time?

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On 8/24/14 4:57 PM, Fernando Gont wrote:
> On 08/24/2014 05:42 PM, joel jaeggli wrote:
>> On 8/24/14 7:10 AM, Fernando Gont wrote:
>>> On 08/23/2014 06:05 PM, Bernard Aboba wrote:
> [...]
>>>
>>> It is quite often the case that, under oppressive regimes, using 
>>> encryption technology will already flag you as "suspect" (if not 
>>> "guilty"). So in that case, you'd probably want to use something 
>>> probably want something more like a cover channel in those
>>> scenarios.
>>
>> it's already implausible in many cases  to seperate the sheep from
>> the goats.
>>
>> When was the last time you did a google search or accessed a
>> twitter feed in the clear?
> 
> Good luck explaining that to the oppressive regime.

I don't have to. They are aware for example that all twitter api calls
had a deadline over ssl since jan 1 2014. You cannot distinguish the
intentions of the user by their (involuntary) use of encryption.


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