Security and the Rise of Snakeoil

There are more and more people who are starting to realise what sort of trap they ended up in by using the internet. While they desperately want to do something about it, they might not have the knowledge or resources to actually make the first step, like leaving Facebook or Gmail behind. Yet, people desperately want to do something, even if that means the online equivalent of not carrying mineral water onto airplanes. Every week we see a new NSA-proof, military grade encrypted, web-based chat application, or people with nice CVs who finally figured out how to do secure email in the browser. Self-acclaimed experts teach their peers at cryptoparties how to defend themselves against adversaries from the last decade. This article is for the latter. This game might get dangerous, and should be handled with care.

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