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Well, I assert that encryption is a type of arms, and that it's the right of every free man (so, children/prisoners/&c. are excepted) to own, bear & use arms pe
by eadmund 8y ago
Well, I assert that encryption is a type of arms, and that it's the right of every free man (so, children/prisoners/&c. are excepted) to own, bear & use arms peaceably.
In the U.S., one can make an argument that the Second Amendment protects the right to encryption.
But even if no constitution or law in the world protects a right, it's still a right — just a right without legal recognition.
- loup-vaillant 8y ago> Well, I assert that encryption is a type of arms I wouldn't. Arms helps you kill or hurt people. Encryption hides information. Both functions can be used as a means to protect yourself, but its really a stretch to compare arms and encryption. Da-Vinci's mirror writings were as comparable to a rapier than AES-CGM is comparable to a hand gun. That is, not at all in my opinion. As a citizen, I would argue that the right for encryption is closest to freedom of thought. My private thoughts don't have to be confined to my brain, I should have the right to memory prosthetics (I mean a computer) as well. (Edit: of course, the decision to classify encryption as munition was ridiculous. How it combines with the second amendment (which I happen to mostly disagree with), is just a fortunate coincidence.)
- ataturk 8y agoEncryption technology was classified as a munition in the recent past. You will all lament the day you pissed away the 2nd Amendment. Mark my words, it will come back to haunt you the rest of your life after you see people you love suffer.
- DuskStar 8y agoGenocide is far harder when a significant portion of the population you want to remove possess small arms and the will to use them.