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Killer use of Caps Lock and broken English. Proud of my country. On a serious note, I really do hope that we won't follow USA steps this time. But I'm afraid th
by kenoph 10y ago
Killer use of Caps Lock and broken English. Proud of my country.
On a serious note, I really do hope that we won't follow USA steps this time. But I'm afraid that the average person doesn't really care for or understand cryptography. Maybe a dickpic approach à la John Oliver could be useful as a way to raise awareness on the matter.
- ferongr 10y agoWhen don't need inflammatory personas like John Oliver in Europe.
- zombees 10y agoWould you care to elaborate? He's from Europe.
- musha68k 10y agoWhat can a "hacker" possibly have against John Oliver? He and his team were the most effective drivers for stronger Net Neutrality policies in the US. The man is a living legend. Edit: 12 million views on the abstract topic of Net Neutrality. That's what I would call a feat indeed: https://youtu.be/fpbOEoRrHyU https://youtu.be/fpbOEoRrHyU
- kenoph 10y agoWell I'm sure some people lost the respect for the guy after he jumped on the "vote for Hillary" bandwagon. But yeah, things like the Snowden interview, Net Neutrality and some other episodes are simply brilliant.
- popey456963 10y agoI realise Hillary might not be a pillar of excellence in her personal electrical security, but at least she isn't trying to disband Net Neutrality like Trump currently seems to be. He's changing policies that will affect things for years to come.
- spdy 10y agoAnd he was right there is no 3rd option in the US election system.
- musha68k 10y agoExactly, time to move on now that fake choice #2 won the election. Almost comical how easily and predictably we stay on track in terms of bread and circuses politics/media - almost comical - if it weren't all real and there wouldn't be far reaching and dire consequences. Let's not get played but stick together FFS.
- rconti 10y agoJust because you agree with a person doesn't mean you need to agree with their methods.
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- strictnein 10y ago> " I really do hope that we won't follow USA steps this time." In what way, exactly? Europe is farther down this path than the US is currently.
- kenoph 10y agoIs it? NIST has been putting backdoors in recommended encryption standards. USA State Department also classifies strong cryptography as a munition. As far as I know we don't do similar things in Europe (yet?), but I could be wrong.
- strictnein 10y agoEurope has dual-use tech export controls - http://www.wassenaar.org/ http://www.wassenaar.org/ They're as meaningless as the American versions, only randomly ensnaring companies that sell to a doubleplus ungood entity. They don't do anything to stem the flow of crypto information or open source software to all parts of the globe. And that NIST thing happened possibly once. It's not a common ongoing occurrence.
- kenoph 10y agoDES is also believed to contain a backdoor. And even if it only happened once, I still don't see how "Europe is farther down this path than the US is currently".
- strictnein 10y agoSo England is going to just have all this fun by itself? http://www.theverge.com/2016/11/23/13718768/uk-surveillance-laws-explained-investigatory-powers-bill http://www.theverge.com/2016/11/23/13718768/uk-surveillance-... They've actually had a law requiring you to decrypt on demand since 2007: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2007/10/uk-can-now-demand-data-decryption-on-penalty-of-jail-time/ http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2007/10/uk-can-now-demand... Nothing like that in the US at all. So, further down the path. France and Germany want similar laws. http://www.reuters.com/article/europe-attacks-france-germany-idUSL8N1B41UM http://www.reuters.com/article/europe-attacks-france-germany... And other countries are joining in the call: https://www.geektime.com/2016/11/26/5-eu-states-demand-better-police-freedoms-to-break-encryption-as-uk-implements-surveillance-law/ https://www.geektime.com/2016/11/26/5-eu-states-demand-bette...