Subj : Binkd and TLS
To   : Wilfred van Velzen
From : Michiel van der Vlist
Date : Sat Dec 14 2019 12:56 pm

Hello Wilfred,

On Saturday December 14 2019 11:06, you wrote to me:

 MvdV>> It may even have an adverse effect. IMHO for us small fish the
 MvdV>> best defence against a hostile regime is to stay below the
 MvdV>> radar. Refrain from being an interesting target, so they don't
 MvdV>> take that closer look. Using TLS may draw their attention....

 WV> On the contrary. There are probably bilions of TLS connections every
 WV> day. Multiple from every device on the net. So a couple of extra don't
 WV> get noticed at all.

Hmmm... Law enforcement here keeps insisting that they want backdoors so they 
can read encrypted whatsapp etc.. But I do not hear them about TLS. So... they 
may already have backdoor or crack for TLS...

 WV> On the other hand. A special and encrypted binkp protocol connection
 WV> stands out.

Point taken.


Cheers, Michiel

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