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We really need to get the point across that no government would be able to enforce a law that requires a certain software design (in this case, back doors) in a
by studentrob 11y ago
We really need to get the point across that no government would be able to enforce a law that requires a certain software design (in this case, back doors) in all commercial and free software.
It's the equivalent of requiring people to say or write only certain things. Even China and North Korea do not do that successfully, and they try really really hard.
Our representatives and law enforcement are woefully uninformed about this issue, and it hurts the public because fingers are being pointed in the wrong direction. While we are infighting, terrorists are making strides.
It seems even Obama still thinks there is a way to stop criminals from using encryption, as his Press Secretary Josh Earnest mentions in a daily briefing last Friday [1]
[1] https://youtu.be/LRR2B5f82e0?t=38m25s https://youtu.be/LRR2B5f82e0?t=38m25s