Overencryption killing interplanetary networks

As years went by, we tried so hard to push everybody towards encrypting everything. Just in case. Of course, whenever I see a HTTP (no S here) form asking you for password, or credit card details, I don’t know whether to be angry, or to feel sympathy for those who are unable to set up simple encryption. And yes, it was very hard to do encryption in the past. It consumed CPU, memory, other valuable resources, and was not even widely supported....

November 4, 2020