Timeline for Why should I care if a site uses encryption or not if I'm not exchanging any sensitive data?
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| Mar 26, 2014 at 18:41 | comment | added | Humdinger | This is all assuming that the NSA cant get access to your google cookies. | |
| Mar 26, 2014 at 4:06 | comment | added | aidan | Just wanted to point out that the domain name is part of the encrypted payload, so an eavesdropper technically can't see what domain you're connecting to. That said, SNI isn't common so it's usually trivial to do a reverse DNS lookup | |
| Mar 25, 2014 at 19:03 | comment | added | user42684 | @user1306322 The point that I am making is that it makes it harder to justify a list in the first place if everyone were to enable SSL on their sites. Imagine searching Google for 'how to make a bomb' (out of curiosity because you saw something on TV) and then 'densely populated areas in US' (for your research project). That would likely get you on the list if Google wasn't using SSL. Since they are, the NSA can only see that you visited something on Google.com twice. | |
| Mar 25, 2014 at 15:39 | comment | added | user1306322 | IMO nothing puts you on the list more than employing methods designed to make that harder. | |
| Mar 25, 2014 at 15:29 | comment | added | user42684 | @user1306322 Like I said they can still see the domain. They couldn't say without a doubt that you were doing anything wrong on 4chan. The only proof they have is that you visited. Would you rather they know every single post you read? Or every Google search you do? Or every product you have ever dreamed about buying? | |
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| Mar 25, 2014 at 13:44 | comment | added | user1306322 | So using SSL on 4chan is a guaranteed way to completely confuse NSA? | |
| Mar 25, 2014 at 13:41 | history | answered | user42684 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |