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0 pointskortilla6y ago0 comments

While a BCP is indication that “nobody cares” is false, it’s pretty far from even a majority of people caring. If BCPs mattered, IP spoofing wouldn’t be an issue on the Internet.

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baxtr6y ago

I think the reason the majority doesn’t care is that most people can’t imagine what could happen.

They’re reading my WhatsApp messages? So what?

I hardly have an answer for that, except for: imagine you’d live in an authoritarian state.

madads6y ago

I like the explanation that simply explains "privacy": When you are going to the toilet, and everybody knows that your going and what you'll do there, but you still close the door (for the most of us, most of the time).

Spivak6y ago

Sure, but people close the door out of modesty not really privacy. If there was a machine that provided a written transcript of what someone did in the bathroom with no video/audio I don’t think people would mind.

Like when you’re in high-security areas and have to be monitored in the bathroom there might be a door between you and your guard but no real privacy.

Or when people loudly object to strip-searches at the airport but the scanner that sees everything but then only shows a cutout highlighting suspicious areas to pat down are mostly fine.

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peterwwillis6y ago

Similarly, you can still get falsely validated HTTPS certs via spoofing (not to mention older, easier validation exploits), and so it's possible all the newly encrypted traffic may result in most people having a significant false sense of security.

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