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>“Look, if you have the US government after you, you’re already fucked. No level of encryption is going to help.” Relevant XKCD: https://xkcd.com/538/ https://
by ramesh31 5y ago
>“Look, if you have the US government after you, you’re already fucked. No level of encryption is going to help.”
Relevant XKCD: https://xkcd.com/538/ https://xkcd.com/538/
- DarylZero 5y agoYet somehow the US government can't even prevent me from downloading copyrighted torrents.
- xboxnolifes 5y agoThere's a difference between stopping an action at a societal level, and targeting an individual through any means necessary.
- tharne 5y ago> There's a difference between stopping an action at a societal level, and targeting an individual through any means necessary. Yup. It always amazes me how often people conflate, "The U.S. government can't be bothered to stop people from doing X" with, "The U.S. government can't stop people from doing X". If you want to test this out, try not paying federal taxes for a while.
- DarylZero 5y agoThere are people getting away with tax fraud all the time.
- BillButter 5y agoRelevant Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber-hose_cryptanalysis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber-hose_cryptanalysis