Re: Bruce Schneier's Proposal to dedicate November meeting to saving the Internet from the NSA

Scott Brim <scott.brim@gmail.com> Fri, 06 September 2013 23:19 UTC

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Subject: Re: Bruce Schneier's Proposal to dedicate November meeting to saving the Internet from the NSA
From: Scott Brim <scott.brim@gmail.com>
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On Sep 6, 2013 3:34 PM, "Dave Crocker" <dhc@dcrocker.net> wrote:
> To what end?  Their poor uptake clearly demonstrates some basic usability
deficiencies.  That doesn't get fixed by promotional efforts.

Or rather, as we've seen in other cases, people just don't see potential
benefits large enough to motivate them.