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>I doubt however the Legislative Branch will give them the laws they want. The last thing our legislators want is to make it easier for the FBI to spy on them.
by citizensixteen 11y ago
>I doubt however the Legislative Branch will give them the laws they want. The last thing our legislators want is to make it easier for the FBI to spy on them.
I hope you are right, the thing that concerns me is how brainwashed people are in the post-911 era.
- studentrob 11y agoBrainwashed or just uninformed yeah. We need to educate people about the technology in their pockets. As discussed in another thread [1], I'm forming a grassroots campaign to do that with a few other developers. If you're interested in being involved, send me an email at stillastudent on google's email service. You don't need to be a developer to contribute. There are some existing groups working on this, such as Fight for the Future's Save Security campaign [2] and of course the EFF [3]. I support those efforts and have reached out to see how we can work together, though we still plan to make our own website and campaign name for this cause. My hope is Obama changes his mind on this issue and stops pursuing anti-encryption legislation. Then the campaign would be over. But unless the President strongly endorses encryption, there will be public discussion. We technologists should be a part of that debate. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11293949 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11293949 [2] https://savesecurity.org/ https://savesecurity.org/ [3] https://www.eff.org/ https://www.eff.org/