I have a few friends like this....anyone have suggestions for ways to change their minds?
Basically they say things like "If you think the government can't break all the encryption schemes that we have, you're nuts." This guy was a math major too, so he understands the principles of crypto.
It is impossible to rationalise long term consequences of data harvesting into immediate threat for most people. The only way to change behaviour in absence of the perceived threat is propaganda ... and those who have means for that have different agendas. What's left is a personal-level propaganda but the effects are negligible. You can't really save anyone. You can, however, make crypto tools that make things easier. Or surveillance tools that make things obvious. The latter, I think, is more effective. Time to open source Echelon ? ===== end (of original message) Y-a*h*o-o (yes, they scan for this) spam follows: __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Exclusive Video Premiere - Britney Spears http://launch.yahoo.com/promos/britneyspears/