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If they have the ability to spy on every single communication, the chances of pulling off a leak are much, much lower. Wikileaks is still alive and running tod
by fit2rule 8y ago
If they have the ability to spy on every single communication, the chances of pulling off a leak are much, much lower. Wikileaks is still alive and running today because of encryption. Once this changes, we won't have transparent societies for anyone but the holders of the keys ..
- jMyles 8y agoYeah, that's not completely unfair. I tend to think that leaks will always happen, regardless of communications media, surveillance, and encryption. But your point isn't entirely unfounded.
- cyphar 8y agoAustralia passed a law earlier this year[1] which now has a mandatory 25-year minimum sentence for anyone who leaks government information. They're definitely trying to stop leaks from happening, and it's fucking disgraceful. I also just discovered that this law also criminalises (with a 10-year prison sentence) creating software vulnerabilities in anything that is part of public infrastructure. This means that you could arguably give any software engineer (that has ever worked on free software the government uses) a mandatory 10-year prison sentence for being a saboteur because they were "reckless". [1]: https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2018A00067 https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2018A00067