[Cryptography] hard to trust all those root CAs

[Bill Frantz]

On 7/23/14 at 5:32 AM, jsd at av8n.com (John Denker) wrote:

>A question for each person on this list:  Are you sure
>that all of your communications with your banker, doctor, 
>lawyer, mistresses, etc. move over networks that are immune to 
>MITM attacks?  If so, please raise your hand.

I assume that all my email is as private as messages to this list.

I assume that the government can listen to my phone calls and IMs.

The one time I actually thought I was having a private 
conversation was in a cave. We were in a passage that had never 
been entered before. Hidden recording devices were a 
possibility, but since we were in on a week-long trip, unlikely 
without collusion from one of the participants. Too bad we 
didn't have anything to say that required that level of security.

Cheers - Bill

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