Monitoring Users ( conspiracy )

submitted by liongrass

One thing this site can do a lot better than reddit is to implement a SSL certificate by default. That will make it a lot more difficult for governments to monitor who sees what, and to hijack accounts and messages. It's not difficult or expensive!

spasticbadger

For us noobs, what is it?

IntellisaurDinoAlien

I'm no sysadmin but I think it's encryption like https, feel free to correct me if you're a knowledgeable type though.

ProgressiveRevert

It's a way to encrypt the communication via SSL (In turn, HTTPS when HTTP is piped through SSL layer.) Think of it as a way to prevent eavedropping by securely exchanging the key between the server and client (Look up Diffie-Hellman visual example to grasp the concept how it securely exchange the key.)

Finally, it use encryption like AES or Serpent to encrypt the communication using the same key that secure key exchange created. (Fun fact, there are more key space in Serpent/AES256 than there are atoms on Earth.) Though there are rumors about XAES which is assumed to be 1024 bits encryption, it probably not necessary anytime in the future considering the size of available keyspace.

Atko

I agree. We actually received a free SSL certificate from GlobalSign few days ago. This is planned.

casualwhoaversereade

Throw a paypal button (or Bitcoin address) up on the right and I'll chip in some money for servers / bandwidth.

Kamicolo

Right on dude! Awesome site. If you need help with anything including funding just let us know. We can build this site together.