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I just wrote my senators. I encourage you to do the same. Talk here is fine, but it's more useful to let folks on the hill know what's up. I think the bill is
by kabdib 11y ago
I just wrote my senators. I encourage you to do the same.
Talk here is fine, but it's more useful to let folks on the hill know what's up.
I think the bill is over-the-top bad; they are obviously going for a compromise of some kind. By appearing to reach a middle ground they can paint the pro-crypto camps as being uncooperative.
Of course, there's no middle ground with math.
- DougN7 11y agoThis! If the HN community won't take a few moments to write their representatives, then we have no excuse and can't complain. Writing mine now...
- AJ007 11y agoIf the commercial market has to build insecure devices, these same senators, the FBI, CIA, NSA, will all eventually get to move their own work to these things or stick with 10, 20 year old devices. The US government may be able to spend billions on specialized devices but eventually they are going to be left behind. Sounds like Assange's goal behind Wikileaks. Eventually, they can keep no secrets. I think the CIA-NSA is smart enough to figure this out. It's not going to fly.
- AJ007 11y agoIf the commercial market has to build insecure devices, these same senators, the FBI, CIA, NSA, will all eventually get to move their own work to these things or stick with 10, 20 year old devices. The US government may be able to spend billions on specialized devices but eventually they are going to be left behind. Sounds like Assange's goal behind Wikileaks. Eventually, they can keep no secrets. I think the CIA-NSA is smart enough to figure this out. It's not going to fly.