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Republicans Who Don’t Understand Encryption Introduce Bill to Break It
- youeseh 6y agoIsn't the fight against encryption a bipartisan effort?
- allzeros 6y ago> Three Republican senators, who have never showed that they understand how encryption works, have now introduced a bill... I don't see anything about democrats.
- thephyber 6y agoPossibly, but this bill isn't (publicly?) supported by Democrat leadership.
- acruns 6y agoYes. EARNIT from earlier this year was bipartisan. http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/blog/2020/01/earn-it-act-how-ban-end-end-encryption-without-actually-banning-it http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/blog/2020/01/earn-it-act-how-ba...
- simonblack 6y agoPerhaps it's time to legislate that pi = 3 again. This bullshit has happened more recently elsewhere: https://www.zdnet.com/article/the-laws-of-australia-will-trump-the-laws-of-mathematics-turnbull/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/the-laws-of-australia-will-tru... And why does it appear to be conservative politicians, more often than not, who have no idea when it comes to science?
- soylentcola 6y agoUnrelated to the topic (because I'd likely just be preaching to the choir): Vice really needs to step up their proofreading. Just skimming part of the article I saw at least two obvious typos. > "the billions of people that out protects everyday" > "Andrew Crocker, a senioor staff attorney"