I'm amazed at how many people on here are now seriously into not just security, but also Really concerned with all things Privacy. This section used to be fairly quiet, but recently it's turning out some hot topics, with quite a bit of interest and input = I guess the more that people are realising and finding out, what "others" might want to find out, for whatever reason/s, they are actively seeking solutions, and/or better ones =
I think people are realizing that governments everywhere want all access to everyone's conversations and electronic data and thus are responding accordingly by reading up on encryption.
What also is helping is that India Upset With RIM Because Solution To Spy On Emails Doesn't Work Well Feds want backdoors built into VoIP and email Do the Feds Need the Power to Wiretap the Internet? Report: US Would Make Internet Wiretaps Easier ISPs admit to taking money for handing over subscribers' data EU take UK to court over privacy and data protection rules And the list goes on and on, I couldn't find the link to an article that says T-Moble has the right to read each email and decide which email to send through to its recipient. [edit] T-Mobile admits to censoring text messages
At the same time Google is a major supporter of Freenet. AFAIK Freenet has been in the Summer of Code at least 5 times.