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Free software. Guaranteeing backdoors is a terrible strategy that should not even be considered.
by boomboomsubban 6y ago
Free software. Guaranteeing backdoors is a terrible strategy that should not even be considered.
- kubanczyk 6y agoParent is concerned what will happen in the world where we actually exist.
- sova 6y agoMerely outlining the main antagonistic forces to actual free speech -- I'm more concerned with the weird oligarchic relationship between tech giants and law enforcement that cookie-cuts the electoral process out of the equation ... is that what you were getting at?
- sova 6y agoI believe it was Franklin who said "The man who sacrifices liberty for security will get neither" (paraphrasing) ... however, it's not a common sentiment among law-enforcement officials who prefer quiet over creativity. You are right that it ought not be considered by sane citizens in a free country, but what do you tell the appointed officials that try so desperately to make it so?
- boomboomsubban 6y agoNothing. If they try to pressure it's inclusion we remove it, if they sneak it in we'll find it. That's the beauty of free software.
- sova 6y agoHardware is not so easily audited
- boomboomsubban 6y agoA design choice, not a necessity.