Ambrocious Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 (edited) Zero HedgeAugust 25, 2013“Not having encryption on the web today is a matter of life and death,” is how one member of the Internet Engineering Task Force – IETF (the so-called architects of the web) described the current situation. As the FT reports, the IETF have started to fight back against US and UK snooping programs by drawing up an ambitious plan to defend traffic over the world wide web against mass surveillance. The proposal is a system in which all communication between websites and browsers would be shielded by encryption. While the plan is at an early stage, it has the potential to transform a large part of the internet and make it more difficult for governments, companies and criminals to eavesdrop on people as they browse the web. “There has been a complete change in how people perceive the world,” since Snowden exposed the NSA’s massive surveillance efforts, and while “not a silver bullet,” the chief technologist at security firm RSA notes, “anything that improves trust in this digital world is a noble aim.”Via The FT, Key architects of the internet have started to fight back against US and UK snooping programmes by drawing up an ambitious plan to defend traffic over the world wide web against mass surveillance.The Internet Engineering Task Force, a body that develops internet standards, has proposed a system in which all communication between websites and browsers would be shielded by encryption. …While the plan is at an early stage, it has the potential to transform a large part of the internet and make it more difficult for governments, companies and criminals to eavesdrop on people as they browse the web.…“There has been a complete change in how people perceive the world” since whistleblower Edward Snowden disclosed the extent of US surveillance programmes earlier this summer,…The IETF push for greater use of encryption comes alongside calls from top internet and privacy groups for fundamental reforms of the laws governing the web. In a letter to the FT published this weekend, top groups including web founder Tim Berners Lee’s World Wide Web Foundation call for a “reform of the status quo” online.…“Online privacy is being eroded at a breakneck speed by blanket surveillance, and unless steps to reform are taken immediately, the notion of free and secure online communications will be relegated to the annals of history,” they write. “Blanket government surveillance by default, with laws enforced in secret, will always be unacceptable.”…at its conference in Berlin this month, IETF members reached “nearly unanimous consensus” on the need to build encryption into the heart of the web,Source: Zero Hedge Edited August 25, 2013 by Ambrocious Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thruba Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 "... governments, companies and criminals ..."A very interesting correlation of words. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rivenson Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 "... governments, companies and criminals ..."A very interesting correlation of words.+1 :coolwink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ande Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 (edited) Irony in all this is that, even encrypted, data will be collected.Some say there is already developed technology able to break highly secure encryption.Even if we are to disregard previous statement still it is to be expected that in 5 to 10 years encryption that is used today will be much easier to decrypt.If we add the fact that many internet services that practice encryption do not use the safest one, we can conclude that, although encrypted, we are still unprotected.The main goal is and should be preventing data from being collected in the first place and time limiting already collected data.Peace. Edited August 26, 2013 by ande Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtmulc Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 Excellent article. I'm glad you stayed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reefa Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 Ye thx for the post.i just hope it does happen.we need to take back our internet its getting ridiculous :angry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whoopenstein Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 Of course they'll need the NSA's stamp of approval before anything is released . . .Reminds me of this 1973 song FRANK ZAPPAI'm The SlimeI am gross and pervertedI'm obsessed 'n derangedI have existed for yearsBut very little has changedI'm the tool of the GovernmentAnd industry tooFor I am destined to ruleAnd regulate youI may be vile and perniciousBut you can't look awayI make you think I'm deliciousWith the stuff that I sayI'm the best you can getHave you guessed me yet?I'm the slime oozin' outFrom your TV set (internet)You will obey me while I lead youAnd eat the garbage that I feed youUntil the day that we don't need youDon't go for help . . . no one will heed youYour mind is totally controlledIt has been stuffed into my moldAnd you will do as you are toldUntil the rights to you are soldThat's right, folks . . .Don't touch that dialWell, I am the slime from your videoOozin' along on your livin' room floorI am the slime from your videoCan't stop the slime, people, lookit me goI am the slime from your videoOozin' along on your livin' room floorI am the slime from your videoCan't stop the slime, people, lookit me go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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