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The clipper chip comes to mind. Of course "progress" is a relative term, but NSA surely saw it as progress. Companies like Uber are now leaving some European ci
by fooooobarbaz 4y ago
The clipper chip comes to mind. Of course "progress" is a relative term, but NSA surely saw it as progress. Companies like Uber are now leaving some European cities[0] after facing a more adversarial political environment than they do in the states.
I've also heard stories about places like Uruguay, which have laws that apparently protect some workers from automation and self-service (i.e. attended gas stations, etc.)
0: https://thenextweb.com/news/uber-forced-leave-brussels-what-happened-to-european-dream https://thenextweb.com/news/uber-forced-leave-brussels-what-...
- dragonwriter 4y ago> The clipper chip comes to mind. But...technological progress on cryptographic hardware didn’t stop just because that particular attempt to foist a precompromised system onto the market failed. (Neither did the social technology of the NSA manipulating the market to adopt their precompromised systems.) So how is that a movement stopping technological progress?
- thewebcount 4y agoIt’s not just Uruguay. I think both New Jersey and Oregon forbid drivers to pump their own gas. [0] [0] https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/states-where-you-cant-pump-your-own-gas https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/states-wher...