I heard about Obfuscated TCP a couple of weeks ago, but I just now read the details. Its intended to provide a level of security for data which is not so sensitive as to warrant TLS, but still not something you would want someone (your ISP for example) to get their hands on. These are things like your browsing history; no one could steal your identity with it, but its still not something you want to be made public.
I think its a great idea but I see a couple problems with it being implemented on a large scale. One being browser support. Currently it is only supported in a patched version of firefox, which is a good start. In order for the project to have a real impact there needs to be native support in all major browsers, most importantly IE.
But if anyone has the ability to get this thing off the ground its google. What do you think? Will we all be happily shopping online without fear of some ominous person tracking our history in a couple years from now, knowing that the trouble required to decrypt our data exceeds the utility of having it? Or will the project fail due to lack of support or the discovery of some trivial work-around.
http://code.google.com/p/obstcp/ |
