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I agree that laws are not enough, independent verification must be possible. But your right to use secure software, and to audit it without risking to spend you
by dessant 7y ago
I agree that laws are not enough, independent verification must be possible. But your right to use secure software, and to audit it without risking to spend your life in prison or being killed, is ensured by laws.
This is why moving the goalposts and further normalizing surveillance is extremely dangerous. The rights that you enjoy today are not universal, and can obviously be eradicated in less than a generation.
- brenden2 7y agoAgreed! Thankfully software is protected by the 1st amendment in the US[1]. If not for that, I don't know where we'd be. [1]: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/04/remembering-case-established-code-speech https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/04/remembering-case-estab...
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