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Senate Republicans propose law to outlaw end-to-end encryption
- tibbydudeza 6y agoYep ... it would be those 3 GOP numbnuts.
- dang 6y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23622169 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23622169
- dehrmann 6y agoTo give a different example of what we're dealing with, California Senator Diane Feinstein has been a vocal opponent of encryption. Google "diane feinstein encryption" for some examples; it's a long-running theme with her. At the same time, she was pretty unhappy with the CIA snooping around Senate computers[1]. You'd think she could make the connection that if even her title and the law aren't enough to protect her, maybe encryption can be a good thing, but no, she's one of the senators behind the EARN IT Act. 1: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/feinstein-cia-searched-intelligence-committee-computers/2014/03/11/982cbc2c-a923-11e3-8599-ce7295b6851c_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/feins...
- thearchitect1 6y agoPlease read the actual bill for yourself. The earn it act does not ban encryption.
- chrismatheson 6y agoWould this also make p2p tech illegal?
- rich_sasha 6y agoAmerica is a great country, but I don’t understand it. You won’t be allowed to encrypt your stuff, but you can buy a gun at every Walmart.
- mtgx 6y agoAnd Democrats will "reluctantly" vote with both hands for it. Feinstein has been one of the biggest anti-encryption and mass-surveillance champions in the Senate. I don't understand why she's still a senator. She even promised she'd quite in 2018. But I guess the military industrial complex/surveillance special interests brought her back in.
- thearchitect1 6y ago1. That's a very opinionated blog that provides little or no actual information 2. Read the actual bill for yourself 3. It is not outlawing encryption, stop making up lies.