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Wrote Feinstein and got a reply (?!) that EARN-IT is “misunderstood” and that she won’t stop supporting it womp womp. Why does this bill have any bi-partisan s
by choppaface 6y ago
Wrote Feinstein and got a reply (?!) that EARN-IT is “misunderstood” and that she won’t stop supporting it womp womp. Why does this bill have any bi-partisan support?? Would expect there would at least be some large special interests funding an opposition... big companies rely on encryption to keep secrets.
- toyg 6y ago> big companies rely on encryption to keep secrets. A lot of big companies have old and crusty leaders / owners, who do not understand the terms of this problem. I wouldn't be surprised to see this bill pass and then get nerfed in a few years, once big corporations actually experience the operational cost and lobby to have it rolled back / made it optional for them.
- srtjstjsj 6y agoMany people have a delusion that just because they find that one major party is bad then the other one must be good. It's part of a common psychological phenomenon that has us overlook flaws in our allies/friends/family because we need them and can't survive alone.
- defnotashton2 6y agoThe distinction between the parties is little more than an illusion.
- cure 6y agoThat's not exactly surprising. Feinstein is always on the wrong side of copyright/patent/encryption bills. Just look up her voting record. She co-sponsored PIPA. See also https://www.wired.com/2016/04/senates-draft-encryption-bill-privacy-nightmare/ https://www.wired.com/2016/04/senates-draft-encryption-bill-.... She co-sponsored the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act, too. She's hopeless on this.