>
> Instead of creating noise, one should fix the problem of sending out
> plaintext email, and encourage people to use email encryption such as
> Enigma for Thunderbird. Encrypt IM conversations with OTR, and via
> other ways pro-actively protect ones own privacy. That is a real
> structural solution. Don't blame others for not using an envelope
> around
> your own communication.
Actually, that's not really part of the issue. The logs don't contain
context, just who/where/when. While encryption will prevent (one
hopes) the capability of recovering context, who you talked to is not
kept private or otherwise secret.
On Nov 13, 2007, at 12:39 PM, Paul Wouters wrote:
>
> Instead of creating noise, one should fix the problem of sending out
> plaintext email, and encourage people to use email encryption such as
> Enigma for Thunderbird. Encrypt IM conversations with OTR, and via
> other ways pro-actively protect ones own privacy. That is a real
> structural solution. Don't blame others for not using an envelope
> around
> your own communication.
Actually, that's not really part of the issue. The logs don't contain
context, just who/where/when. While encryption will prevent (one
hopes) the capability of recovering context, who you talked to is not
kept private or otherwise secret.
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