Re: The situation at hand and in the future

[Hubert Chan <hubert@uhoreg.ca>]

>>>>> "David" == David Masover <ninja@slaphack.com> writes:

[...]

David> But back to the point.  No encryption by default.  My grandmother
David> would wonder why her computer is so slow, and if you told her
David> it's so that the FBI can't read anything when they sieze her
David> computer, she wouldn't be happy.  Except for the fact that my
David> grandmother is a very patient woman, so she might not care that
David> it's slow.  But my brother would, and he plays games, so...

Well, filesystem performance probably won't affect games that much.
Unless your game is very filesystem-bound, but then it'll be slow
anyways (and the programmer should be given a swift smack to the head
for doing something that stupid).

Filesystem performance is more likely to be an issue for things such as
compiling programs, running a webserver, etc.

But I agree.  No encryption by default.  Especially since encryption is
illegal in some countries.  And because encryption would require the
user to provide a passphrase.

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