> we keep on neglecting that responsibility under the excuses of bad
usability, lack of features, or convenience for users.
A value leverage point to look at is; why are these perceived to be in
tension in the first place?
Revising the concepts of "convenience" and "usability" to incorporate
not having your life, business and affairs ruined petty tyrants seems
the way to go.
It seems quite possible to design software such that it's more
difficult not to encrypt than it is to use insecure defaults.
That's more or less what happened with browsers vis a vis https by
default, no? I really have to go out of my way these days to view a
plain http site.
A value leverage point to look at is; why are these perceived to be in tension in the first place?
Revising the concepts of "convenience" and "usability" to incorporate not having your life, business and affairs ruined petty tyrants seems the way to go.
It seems quite possible to design software such that it's more difficult not to encrypt than it is to use insecure defaults.
That's more or less what happened with browsers vis a vis https by default, no? I really have to go out of my way these days to view a plain http site.