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The Obama administration has been just as draconian and authoritarian, if not more, as was the Clinton administration (within the means of technology available
by LeoNatan25 11y ago
The Obama administration has been just as draconian and authoritarian, if not more, as was the Clinton administration (within the means of technology available at the time).
- EarthLaunch 11y agoYes, this thread's discussion is reminiscent of the protests on Slashdot about encryption laws in the late 90s.
- MaysonL 11y agoAh yes, "Stop the Clipper chip!"[0] The NSA has been looking to get backdoors into telecommunications for a long time. See their tapping of all international underwater cables (and back in the 80's I heard a second-hand report that they had commissioned some high-powered scanners that could read the contents of most mail envelopes, which were positioned to read most international mail). [0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clipper_chip https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clipper_chip