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  1. alecm @[email protected] ·

    Response to “Most People Don’t Need End-to-End Encryption, Most of the Time” #NothingToHide #NothingToFear #DrinkableWater

    > Flip that around, secure encryption is an edge case compared to the majority, like your examples, that just want to message family.

    Yes that’s, correct! But it’s also a *general good* as infrastructure, because it de-risks all communication from hacking/exfiltration. It’s a bit like “make all water served through the domestic water supply, drinkable” — not strictly necessary in so any ways, and in others perhaps wasteful, but it solves so many problems that it’s generally desirable.

    Like privacy, it's an enabler.

    Moreover, it would be more hassle than economically beneficial to most families to say:

    "We don't need ALL of our water to be drinkable, so let's run duplicate pipework and lay-in a non-potable supply."

    …on the off-chance that they have significant purpose for grey water.

    So: the argument that “MOST PEOPLE DON’T NEED END TO END ENCRYPTION, MOST OF THE TIME” – is factually true, but also missing the point.

    The point it: when it *is* needed, which tends to be at surprise times, it’s already there and you don’t need to think about it.

    Originally tweeted by Alec Muffett (@AlecMuffett) on 2023/04/24.

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