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Re: Twitter Gives Up On Encrpyting Direct Messages

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RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> wrote:
> 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!
I believe that everything you stated is true. However, it is yet another 
communication method that is sent in the clear.

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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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