Living in a Surveillance State

“George Orwell was an optimist” says Mikko Hypponen. This is a must watch, and he is a must follow on Twitter.

Forget anonymous e-mail. Think privacy.

Google or Skype or Yahoo are capable of providing true end-to-end encryption, but the problem that they run into is that that stops their business model of advertising. Mega’s business model is pay for storage. There’s no advertising.

I cannot wait to see this in action in the new year.

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