There is something disingenuous and false about those who have been pushing ssl 'vehemently' on the pretext of concern end user privacy and surveillance.
It would be slightly more credible if the response by the tech community both in comment and action to Snowden and Assange's revelations and invasive surveillance by Google, Facebook and others was not so embarrassing in inaction.
One can argue of degrees and doing both, but in this case it seems all the 'concern' gets expended in ssl leaving no energy for the far more pervasive SV surveillance culture the tech community props up without protest or even leaks.
Do you think things would be better tf the effort used to make ssl prevalent was used to make people stop using Google and Facebook?
Lets encrypt has received what? A million in funding? I doubt it's much more. Do you think putting that money into convincing people would lead to a larger change?
It would be slightly more credible if the response by the tech community both in comment and action to Snowden and Assange's revelations and invasive surveillance by Google, Facebook and others was not so embarrassing in inaction.
One can argue of degrees and doing both, but in this case it seems all the 'concern' gets expended in ssl leaving no energy for the far more pervasive SV surveillance culture the tech community props up without protest or even leaks.