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Privacy is a political issue, not a technological one. If you vote people in who then ban encryption or demand back doors or a weak algorithm, no amount of tech

• akikoo 3y ago
  > If you vote people in How do you feel the U.S. political system in congress is working currently and with half of the citizens wanting Trump to be the president again?
  • louwrentius 3y ago
    It shows how the billionaires control the media and are making people crazy and distracted so the populace won’t rise up to them. In that context tech encryption and privacy are the least of our concerns
• arlcode 3y ago
  Exactly. The technical side of secure communication is (mostly) a solved problem and there are more than enough competent people in the industry and interest groups to solve upcoming challenges. A piece of (probably actual) paper can disable any of that for most people. And that paper can reach as deep in the tech stack as it needs to in order to achieve its goals. Down to the silicon mask if required. Within the legal framework some companies benefit from protecting users privacy and some don't but, again, this isn't a technological challenge but a political one (for business reasons this time). And yes I get why tech minded people often try to engineer us out of such situations anyway, but in the long term they can only score short term victories while loosing in the long term.