Today I turned on the
FileVault
thingie on my Mac, so every atom of my data is 128-bit encrypted
(Pleasingly, there doesn’t seem to be any perceptible slowdown).
On top of which, we’re running another 128 bits of encryption on the WiFi
around the
house, plus the link to the ongoing web host is via
ssh which is RSA, uh I forget how many bits in my key.
So these humble letters have been through
a whole lotta bit-bangin’ along their route from my fingertips to your
retina.
Getting all this set up takes more work than it really ought to, but it’s
getting easier, and once the arrangements are there, it totally doesn’t get
in the way.
Which is a good thing, because the Internet is a rough neighborhood, and in a
rough neighborhood you don’t send your kids walking off to school alone.
No more should you send your vulnerable little words out on its mean streets
without some cryptographic Block Parents lending a hand.
