…I’m more of a “blog half full of COMSEC” kinda guy… Secure instant messengers are a miracle of the modern age. They enable literally anyone to communication with security and privacy guarantees that were the exclusive capability of nation states just a few decades ago. In real-time, regardless of geographic location. Telephones connect places, mobile […]
James Harris, a fresh perspective on the crypto wars
James Harris is a former FBI agent who spent 8 years working to combat child sexual exploitation. He is also a computer guy, he codes, knows his tech, and isn’t ignorant on encryption. Jim wrote an excellent Twitter thread about the “backdoor the encryption, because children” argument. Rather than engage it head on, he contextualises […]