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But... Don't forget that we all put our letters in envelopes (even innocent letters to mum), we don't send them open so that the text can be read by anyone. Privacy doesn't necessarily mean illegal activity. Some things must be kept private, and I hate it when this privacy is violated.
Emphasis mine.
Something that always amazes me about cryptography in general, is that it allows us to control our privacy without sacrificing utility. I can send a digital "letter" that's encrypted, on the open net, without fear of it being compromised (assuming your keys are safe)
^^^ T-H-I-S !
Ancient cypherpunk wisdom from the last millennium: Dont write anything in unencrypted e-mail (or forum PMs) that you would not send on a postcard.
Moreover:
(even innocent letters to mum)
All non-public communications should be encrypted. Period.
If you only encrypt selected things, then you are red-flagging those things as something to hide, leaking what is in practical effect contextual metadata, and inviting targeted attackers to seek specifically the things that you wanted to encrypt. Oops.
Quote from: nullius (DRAFT of a long-intended post on this subject)
Because I am sick and tired of this:
Most of my personal communications are very, very boring. Mundane. All are encrypted. All. Except for limited temporary contact with people whom I am still harassing and browbeating into crypto.
My general policy is that if you dont want to use end-to-end encrypted communications, which are easier to use than ever before, it means that you do not want to talk to me. Bye! Although that is not always practical to enforce in business matters, I actually drop people out of my personal life over this.
Encrypt, or fork off. It is just that simple.
Social pressure can work, if people want to talk to you more than you want to talk to them. Before I became downright draconian about crypto, I had approximately 0% success at getting non-cypherpunk people into it. Now, my success rate is infinity times 0%and it is a useful filter to help discover who values me. You know, it is psychologically unhealthy to pander to people who value you so little that they will not make even minimal effort to talk to you. It basically means that you are a desperate loser.