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"We are writing to request that Facebook does not proceed with its plan to implement end-to-end encryption across its messaging services without ensuring that t
by Johnny555 7y ago
"We are writing to request that Facebook does not proceed with its plan to implement end-to-end encryption across its messaging services without ensuring that there is no reduction to user safety."
I don't understand why they don't just ask for what they want, why say it's about "user safety" when it's not about that at all.
Just say "As a matter of national security, the government needs to be able to read user messages (and we don't care if that opens up a hole that enables other governments to do it too)"
- leshow 7y ago> I don't understand why they don't just ask for what they want, why say it's about "user safety" when it's not about that at all. Because they don't care about an honest representation of their argument, they just want to have their will imposed. The best way to do that is to lie.
- mattnewton 7y agoBecause Americans would not make that trade, and that makes the government worker's job harder. So they spin it in a way that is more palatable so they can erode barriers to their job. They (government workers at the agency) have no real incentives to fight for privacy other than having to live with eroded privacy, which most people just don't think about as giving something up until it affects them anyways.
- inetknght 7y ago> I don't understand why they don't just ask for what they want, why say it's about "user safety" when it's not about that at all. Have you never heard someone lie through their teeth?
- smueller1234 7y agoQuite simply because this makes it hard for Facebook to fight back. If they do, they look like they're on the wrong side of morality. If the demand was phrased around security, it would be less emotionally laden (for most).
- buboard 7y agowho falls for that ?
- smueller1234 7y agoI think anybody not paying close attention, with insufficient technical knowledge and other things on their mind.
- buboard 7y agoi really don't think a layman, no matter how negligent, can fail to understand whats going on here, unless ideologically inclined to side with government surveillance.
- Johnny555 7y agoI'd be awfully surprised if anyone that really cares about this would be fooled by this ruse. For most people, if the government says "We need to do this so you'll be safe", the vast majority of people will agree, or at least won't actively object.
- ultrarunner 7y agoThe argument is, as the saying goes, "good enough for government work." I find that quite appalling, to be frank.