Edit: Changed “the government” to “governments”

I mean, people say use end to end encryption, VPN, Tor, Open Source Operating System, but I think one thing missed is the hardware is not really open source, and theres no practical open source alternative for hardware. There’s Intel ME, AMD PSP, so there’s probably one in phones. How can people be so confident these encryption is gonna stop intelligence agencies?

  • Nyxicas@kbin.melroy.org
    3·
    24 hours ago

    I wouldn’t say stop intelligence agencies, but more like, slow them the fuck down. Because we know that they’re going through tons and tons of paperwork to do it all legally as possible. So, it’ll take them potentially years to construct a bit of a case to pursue whatever it is that they feel is worth their time to pursue someone over.

    • 4am@lemm.ee
      2·
      22 hours ago

      It’s cute that you think much paperwork is needed at all.

      The only time they do paperwork is when they need to present evidence publicly, like in a court. Lead generation is essentially free, and then they just construct a parallel charge.

      • TrickDacy@lemmy.world
        1·
        22 hours ago

        I read that as they were saying what they wished would be how the system worked. Not how it currently does