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Senator Feinstein wants with compel Apple to put in a backdoor though legislation: http://www.mercurynews.com/politics-government/ci_29527867/trump-bashes-apple
by musesum 11y ago
Senator Feinstein wants with compel Apple to put in a backdoor though legislation: http://www.mercurynews.com/politics-government/ci_29527867/trump-bashes-apple-over-privacy-fight http://www.mercurynews.com/politics-government/ci_29527867/t...
Would suggest anyone living in California let her know what you think.
I went to a RightsCon in the midst of the Arab spring. Talked to folks with friends that were being "disappeared" based on what was on their phone.
Meanwhile, David Chaum is suggesting a secret sharing scheme:
http://www.therebel.media/david_chaum_restoring_internet_privacy http://www.therebel.media/david_chaum_restoring_internet_pri...
"Chaum’s proposed Privategrity system would use nine special servers in nine different countries to encrypt users' data. The theory is, the system would almost always prevent mass government surveillance but would allow government access to combat terrorism or child sex abuse."
- alblue 11y agoAs I wrote in my InfoQ piece (linked from another of my comments elsewhere) he has since backed down from his stance and will not be filing that legislation.
- tamana 11y agoShe.
- tamana 11y agoEverything is "terrorism" today, and the notion of having a subject matter exemption in an encryption system is utter nonsense anyway.
- stcredzero 11y agoIf Feinstein is weighing in on any issue with any technical depth, look carefully at what she's proposing and what she's opposing. More often than not, she's wrong, and her true motivation is likely to pander to a knee-jerk emotional reaction, without careful regard to the technical implications.
- yompers888 11y agoI guess that makes Apple's encryption the newest "shoulder thing that goes up."
- tomschlick 11y agoHow is Feinstein still in office?! Between her anti-privacy & anti-gun positions I would suspect she would have been voted out a long time ago.