On: Handling App Transport Security in iOS 9

[uxp]

We've moved passed the idea that only sensitive content needs to be transported over SSL/TLS.

https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/campaigns/2015/04/7-reason...

https://www.aclu.org/blog/you-may-have-nothing-hide-you-stil...

http://www.ted.com/talks/glenn_greenwald_why_privacy_matters

http://falkvinge.net/2012/07/19/debunking-the-dangerous-noth...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nothing_to_hide_argument

[mtgx → uxp]

It's also a security issue (in all cases), regardless of the privacy implications:

https://citizenlab.org/2014/08/cat-video-and-the-death-of-cl...

[imglorp → uxp]

Yes, we, the geeks and privacy advocates have moved past. We care about ubiquitous encryption for non-sensitive content.

The public at large doesn't care or understand unless they're banking or porning, and I'm not sure about the banking.

Telecoms, shareholders, advertisers, governments, and criminals are actively opposed.

We have a ways to go.