Nothing wrong with TLS. It's just funny how author suggests that someone actually cared about Snowden revelations.
It's like "We were worried about mass surveillance after Snowden so decided to host everything directly on FBI servers" because CloudFlare is exactly this.
> a Frankenstein bill more than 200 pages long, combining the choicest parts of a stack of cannibalized privacy bills that rarely made it past committee. The patchwork effect helps form a comprehensive package, targeting various surveillance loopholes and tricks at all levels of government—from executive orders signed by the president, to contracts secured between obscure security firms and single-deputy police departments in rural areas ... The GSRA is a Christmas list for privacy hawks and a nightmare for authorities who rely on secrecy and circumventing judicial review to gather data on Americans without their knowledge or consent.
SXX|2 years ago
It's like "We were worried about mass surveillance after Snowden so decided to host everything directly on FBI servers" because CloudFlare is exactly this.
walterbell|2 years ago
> a Frankenstein bill more than 200 pages long, combining the choicest parts of a stack of cannibalized privacy bills that rarely made it past committee. The patchwork effect helps form a comprehensive package, targeting various surveillance loopholes and tricks at all levels of government—from executive orders signed by the president, to contracts secured between obscure security firms and single-deputy police departments in rural areas ... The GSRA is a Christmas list for privacy hawks and a nightmare for authorities who rely on secrecy and circumventing judicial review to gather data on Americans without their knowledge or consent.