[privacy] How The Telcos And The Government Are About To Boost The Encryption Ma rket

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

Over on techdirt.com, Mike Masnick nails it.

[snip]

There's lots of news today about the (not particularly surprising)
revelations that AT&T may have helped monitor internet traffic for the
NSA. It's interesting to note, with this news, the side story that AT&T
also just revamped their privacy policy, allowing them to more freely
share whatever data they collect with government officials.

However, rather than discuss those two issues (which are being
discussed widely), a more interesting question is whether or not this,
along with the ongoing debates around net neutrality, will actually
lead more people to simply encrypt their internet traffic.

It certainly could open up quite the business opportunity for firms
providing encrypted VPN systems that basically scramble all your data
so your ISP can't snoop and can't prioritize (or downgrade) the traffic.

[snip]

More:
http://techdirt.com/articles/20060621/1251235.shtml

- ferg


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