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It does seem to me like the US Vice President is advancing a pretty tech savvy policy. He's pushing for privacy. Am I missing something?

Hikikomori 1y ago
They're just against EU asserting any kind of control over American companies. Reminder that he's funded by Thiel and friends with Curtis Yarvin, which goals include the end of democracy and the federal state and replace the system with tech CEO kings over feudal states.
0xDEAFBEAD 1y ago
There is a lot of reflexive anti-Americanism on Hacker News. The US is generally assumed to be the bad guy.
ascorbic 1y ago
I think the non tech savvy policy makers in question are the British ones.
lenerdenator 1y ago
He's associated with Palantir. He can't be pushing for privacy.
- realsolipsist 1y ago
  I can’t sneeed
- kstrauser 1y ago
  Sure he can. In an ideal world (from the US gov't's perspective), all communications everywhere would be encrypted, and only they'd have the workarounds to access the data anyway. I'm not being sarcastic. For real, what major government wouldn't want that in their favor?
  - ImPostingOnHN 1y ago
    > they'd have the workarounds to access the data That is the opposite of privacy.
  - lenerdenator 1y ago
    They have to know that there's no monopoly on those workarounds. Unless they're even more hubristic than we imagined.
    - kstrauser 1y ago
      Even if other nations have access to the plaintext, that beats all nations having that access.
      - lenerdenator 1y ago
        I don't think they much care about all nations. They care about maybe a maximum of five having that access, and I'm sure they realize that #1 on that list (PRC) won't need much time to become a peer on any given technology.
duxup 1y ago
I feel like the federal government continuously consolidating all data available under groups like DODGE or ICE or Palantir is about as anti privacy as it gets.
f4c39012 1y ago
i read from this that he wants US control, nothing to do with privacy

Hikikomori 1y ago

They're just against EU asserting any kind of control over American companies. Reminder that he's funded by Thiel and friends with Curtis Yarvin, which goals include the end of democracy and the federal state and replace the system with tech CEO kings over feudal states.

0xDEAFBEAD 1y ago

There is a lot of reflexive anti-Americanism on Hacker News. The US is generally assumed to be the bad guy.

ascorbic 1y ago

I think the non tech savvy policy makers in question are the British ones.

lenerdenator 1y ago

He's associated with Palantir. He can't be pushing for privacy.

realsolipsist 1y ago
I can’t sneeed
kstrauser 1y ago
Sure he can. In an ideal world (from the US gov't's perspective), all communications everywhere would be encrypted, and only they'd have the workarounds to access the data anyway. I'm not being sarcastic. For real, what major government wouldn't want that in their favor?
- ImPostingOnHN 1y ago
  > they'd have the workarounds to access the data That is the opposite of privacy.
- lenerdenator 1y ago
  They have to know that there's no monopoly on those workarounds. Unless they're even more hubristic than we imagined.
  - kstrauser 1y ago
    Even if other nations have access to the plaintext, that beats all nations having that access.
    - lenerdenator 1y ago
      I don't think they much care about all nations. They care about maybe a maximum of five having that access, and I'm sure they realize that #1 on that list (PRC) won't need much time to become a peer on any given technology.

duxup 1y ago

I feel like the federal government continuously consolidating all data available under groups like DODGE or ICE or Palantir is about as anti privacy as it gets.

f4c39012 1y ago

i read from this that he wants US control, nothing to do with privacy