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Re: Twitter Gives Up On Encrpyting Direct Messages

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On 2014-03-21, Austin Wolfe <aewolfe@gmail.com> wrote:
> At least for now.
>
> Twitter has shelved a project that would have made it more 
> difficult for the government to intercept users’ private messages 
> without a court order, sources tell The Verge, a sudden reversal 
> for a company that has been ahead of the curve on privacy at a time 
> of creeping surveillance.

This pisses me off, because it seems awfully clear the issue is
political, not technical.  I'm no programmer but I'd be surprised if
turning on encryption for messaging required too many programmer-hours
of code to make happen.  So it's not time or energy that's in short
supply: it seems to be political will.

I was never a huge fan of Twitter, though I do use it.  But this
certainly doesn't push me in the direction of wanting to use it more.

Maybe it doesn't matter: I have very little that fits into 140
characters anyway, which is probably why I'm here.  I have always
deplored the fact that the 140 character limit absolutely squashes
educated conversation/debate.  The best you can hope to do is post a
shortened link with a pithy, blunt conclusion.  Boring!

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Twitter Gives Up On Encrpyting Direct Messages Austin Wolfe <aewolfe@gmail.com> - 2014-03-21 14:56 -0400
  Re: Twitter Gives Up On Encrpyting Direct Messages RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-03-27 14:24 +0000
    Re: Twitter Gives Up On Encrpyting Direct Messages aewolfe@gmail.com - 2014-03-27 22:49 +0000

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