But I don't want end to end encryption. Why are you forcing me to use encryption if I don't want it?
I'm getting a little annoyed by the folks demanding I do something I don't think is necessary. I'd rather have all the features Google gives me by not enabling end to end encryption, why must everyone have the highest possible level of security on every single thing they do?
You may think it's stupid, but I genuinely don't care if the government reads my emails (with a warrant), or if Google indexes them. I still fundamentally trust the government, and I believe that any incidental processing of my emails that the NSA might be doing is searching for what we currently consider to be terrorist activity. If the definition of "terrorist" shifts beyond reasonability, then my habits will shift as well, but we're not anywhere near that.
Well, the theme of the comments is: if google adds protection against certain adversaries (coffee shop wifi, MITMs, etc) via stricter TLS, but not all adversaries (nation-state attackers) via end-to-end, then the former protection is useless, I guess. It doesn't make sense to me, either.
You're right, next time you want to send your credit card data, do me a favor and email it to the company and let them know want you'd like to buy. As for warrants, forget email, possible your local police are already listening to your calls with a warrants. I'd go on, but don't see the point. I mean, for someone with nothing to hide, unclear why your don't list your full name and zip code; or for that matter, any affiliation you might have to the topics being commented on.
If there were a way to give you read-only access to my daily life, I'd do it (for the most part). I have stuff to hide, just not a lot of stuff, and none of it is in GMail.
It's a lot like having my Netflix account require a 32 character password -- just not necessary. For my bank? Sure. But Netflix? I just don't care.
We disagree in opinion. I'm advocating for what I feel to be important in security and privacy and you are advocating for ease of use and features. It's not stupid, just we have different priorities.
I'm getting a little annoyed by the folks demanding I do something I don't think is necessary. I'd rather have all the features Google gives me by not enabling end to end encryption, why must everyone have the highest possible level of security on every single thing they do?
You may think it's stupid, but I genuinely don't care if the government reads my emails (with a warrant), or if Google indexes them. I still fundamentally trust the government, and I believe that any incidental processing of my emails that the NSA might be doing is searching for what we currently consider to be terrorist activity. If the definition of "terrorist" shifts beyond reasonability, then my habits will shift as well, but we're not anywhere near that.