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Ubiquitous Encryption
Why we should Encrypt
Encryption protects us. Encryption protects our data. It protects data on systems and while it's being sent over the Internet. It protects our presence, conversations and texts. It protects our privacy, secrets and integrity. Protection is important for everyone. Encryption helps to protect us from competitors, malicious attackers (surveillance) and accidents.
Encryption works best if it's ubiquitous, transparent, automatic and everywhere. That means always, ever, present. The forms of encryption which work best are the ones that are transparent and automatic.
Encryption should be enabled for everything by default, not just for data worth protecting. If we would only use encryption when we're working with important data we expose its importance.
Encryption doesn't imply security. It is just another level of security. It doesn't protect you from being hacked, though can prevent opportunistic access.