Episode 351 - Is security or usability a law of the universe?

Josh and Kurt talk about end to end encrypted messages. This has been a popular topic lately due to the Mastodon popularity. Mastodon has a uniquely insecure messaging system, but they aren't the only one. The eternal debate of can security and usability exist together? We suspect it can't be, but it's a very complicated topic. Show Notes EFF on Mastodon DM privacy Towards End-to-End Encryption for Direct Messages in the Fediverse Pluralistic: 14 Nov 2022 Even if you're paying for the product, you're still the product

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