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You're assuming they've tried. I honestly think that the encryption controversy is still too recent for the big tech firms to fully engage their lobbying effort

by zmmmmm 11y ago

You're assuming they've tried. I honestly think that the encryption controversy is still too recent for the big tech firms to fully engage their lobbying efforts. And I also think they honestly did not think this issue would get out of hand so fast - they would have considered outlawing encryption so insane that they probably have barely even prepared even their own thoughts in regard to how to argue against the idea.

pdkl95 11y ago
> still too recent Twenty years is "too recent"? The "encryption controversy" started in the 90s. > they honestly did not think this issue would get out of hand so fast Again, this has been building for decades. The problem with the big tech firms is that some of them are collaborators. They don't want real encryption, because that would undermine their spyware-based business models.