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Nothing surprising. At least they state it officially in the law. But Western goverments approach providers to open backdoors (e.g. Lavabit case) and keep users
by imhoguy 9y ago
Nothing surprising. At least they state it officially in the law. But Western goverments approach providers to open backdoors (e.g. Lavabit case) and keep users fooled that they still have any anonimity.
- pas 9y agoFalse equivalence. Look how the 8 years Dem controlled spooks were insufficient to get 4 more years. Yes, US law enforcement and security services are doing a lot of dumb things (TSA security theatre, NSA sitting on 0-days and playing cyber instead of helping the civilian sector patch up), but they don't arrest troublemakers. (They arrest you for weed, but not for running an anti-establishment site.)
- zaro 9y ago> They arrest you for weed, but not for running an anti-establishment site Funny you say that, because arresting people for weed started as a way to arrest people running antiestablishment sites ;) http://edition.cnn.com/2016/03/23/politics/john-ehrlichman-richard-nixon-drug-war-blacks http://edition.cnn.com/2016/03/23/politics/john-ehrlichman-r...
- pas 9y agoThat link doesn't work for me, but I guess this is it: http://edition.cnn.com/2016/03/23/politics/john-ehrlichman-richard-nixon-drug-war-blacks-hippie/index.html http://edition.cnn.com/2016/03/23/politics/john-ehrlichman-r... And yes, of course, there's a clear bias in the Controlled Substances Act, and its enforcement.