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I initially thought you couldn't possibly be right about this, but what you stated does seem to be the case. After skimming through the full text, the main poin
by markkanof 6y ago
I initially thought you couldn't possibly be right about this, but what you stated does seem to be the case. After skimming through the full text, the main point of this seems to be about setting up a committee that will come up with "best practices" that online service providers can follow to reduce/eliminate the exploitation of children on their platform. Can someone explain how this "creates a threat to strong encryption".
- kinghajj 6y agoIf they determine that "best practice" no longer includes secure end-to-end encryption that a service provider can't decrypt independently of the user, they'll use that as political leverage. "See, our self-selected panel of experts said that this isn't a best practice, yet Apple and Facebook are still doing it anyway!"
- phendrenad2 6y agoI suspect that Apple and Facebook will control said committee. They just need to donate more money to the campaign funds of people lucky enough to be on that committee.
- sgillen 6y agoThe bill also offers legal protections for companies that follow those best practices. It’s not hard to imagine that 1. The best practices include not using strong encryption, 2. An environment with lots of lawsuits directed at companies not following those practices .