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Agree with OP, but thought it was interesting how much the debate is being shaped by the general sentiment shifting against big tech and how unsympathetic major
by morisy 7y ago
Agree with OP, but thought it was interesting how much the debate is being shaped by the general sentiment shifting against big tech and how unsympathetic major tech platforms have become in public policy discussions, particularly around this subject.
Liked this rundown of all the forces lined up on the other side. Debate doesn't seem to be driven by tech or really by policy, so much as pols trying to cut down an industry a notch (particularly as that industry's lobbying has largely been tone deaf):
https://www.axios.com/distrust-of-tech-could-be-encryptions-achilles-heel-8a02a6cb-8f20-4dc1-a2d5-f6c74c7a6f90.html https://www.axios.com/distrust-of-tech-could-be-encryptions-...
- kardos 7y agoIt seems like a sort of "power vacuum" [1] situation. If the government doesn't opt to take the power to read everyone's communications, FB & co will take that power by layering on encryption to shut the government out, while maintaining endpoint control such that they alone can extract message plaintext. The "debate" is just whatever these two sides have come up with to try and sell their preference to the public. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_vacuum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_vacuum