We are approaching the one-year anniversary of his leaks Snowden, and rather the messages seem to be promising (with every reservation, as it is not possible to know the hidden "aces" of the NSA). Although there has been no change in the way it works NSA, at least, the online community seems to have learned to better protect itself.
According to a new research published by the Canadian broadband management company Sandvine, more and more people are using encrypted Internet access links.
At 2013, the bandwidth used by encrypted traffic has doubled in North America. In Europe, of course, Latin America has quadrupled, as TorrentFreak points out.
More specifically, in Europe, where the percentage of encrypted Internet traffic was 1,47% last year, today it has risen to 6.10%. In North America, the percentage of encrypted traffic on the Internet reached this year's 3,80%, from last year's 2,29%. In Latin America, the bandwidth consumed by SSL connections increased to 10,37% within a year, from a mere 1,80%.
Of course, even now, the rates remain low, and there is still a long way to go. In a utopically ideal future, we will use all encrypted links, but as we have said, we are still far away. It will be quite interesting to see how this trend will develop in the years to come. Of course, do not expect the NSA to remain unprofitable and to see it simply happening.
George is still wondering what he is doing here….
