Wired: Echelon Furor Ends in a Whimper

[David Wagner]

Owen Lewis wrote:
>The real problem with "universal end to end encryption" is that its
>universality must depend on:
>	a. Universal adoption of a single PKC.

I think it might not be so hard as you imagine, in some contexts.
Consider what it would take to institute universal end-to-end
encryption for cellphones to protect against passive eavesdropping.
The technological infrastructure is well within our reach, and it doesn't
require a global PKI where every cellphone user must have a certified
public key.