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If you look at the bottom of the page, you will see that some of the underlying motivation for the site is to shill for a particular political stance.
by pekk 11y ago
If you look at the bottom of the page, you will see that some of the underlying motivation for the site is to shill for a particular political stance.
- cantrevealname 11y ago> shill for a particular political stance Government agencies lobby for what they want (restrictions on speech, limits on privacy, back doors into crypto), but we technical people should stick to technical discussion only? A technical report should never discuss what government policy caused the bug, political decisions that could have avoided it, and their effect on society? By the way (to save a click), the political stance is this (quoted from the article): "Today, some policy makers are calling for new restrictions on the design of cryptography in order to prevent law enforcement from “going dark.” While we believe that advocates of such backdoors are acting out of a good faith desire to protect their countries, history’s technical lesson is clear: weakening cryptography carries enormous risk to all of our security."