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0 pointssam_lowry_4mo ago0 comments

Shouldn't we sacrifice some security for convenience? And shouldn't we at least have a public discussion where to draw the line?

I already don't encrypt my Pinebook storage, because the device is low-powered.

I now disabled ObscureKeystrokeTiming on the ssh clients where it does not matter. And it should not matter in 99.9999% of cases.

P.S. There's a good reason airline frequencies are unencrypted AM and I hope IT "security" mindset does not reach its dirty hands up the air.

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fc417fc8024mo ago

Airline isn't about power consumption but rather reliability. You don't introduce failure modes to safety critical systems unless absolutely necessary.

Meanwhile the power consumption of a few extra packets or even AES on your block storage device is approximately nothing relative to the other things the device is doing. Unless the CPU or GPU is going full tilt the screen on a mobile device consumes more power than the rest of the system combined (not sure about a laptop but it's likely a similar story).

It's a bit like worrying about saving a single glass of drinking water, then turning around and hopping in the shower for an hour. Or not flushing the toilet then immediately drawing a bath.

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fc417fc8024mo ago

Airline isn't about power consumption but rather reliability. You don't introduce failure modes to safety critical systems unless absolutely necessary.

It's a bit like worrying about saving a single glass of drinking water, then turning around and hopping in the shower for an hour. Or not flushing the toilet then immediately drawing a bath.

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