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Use Encryption Because You’re Boring

2 pointsby hawkharrisalmost 11 years ago

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dalkealmost 11 years ago
The essay encourages us to use encrypted services in order to prevent traffic analysis. I have no issue with the overall goal. I have only a nit to pick, with the quote &quot;It takes the teen’s Web history into account when his family applies for coverage.&quot;<p>That specific scenario doesn&#x27;t make economic sense. There&#x27;s too much variability for the insurance company to make a good decision. Consider that a health teacher may assign students to research different common ailments, as part of a lesson to understand the available tools; a science teacher may bring up the story of H. pylori as a digestive disorder which was misunderstood for a very long time, and the student wants to learn more; the teenager may be helping a stressed out friend; the teenager might be interested in going into medicine and researches common diseases; and so on.
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