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I'm reminded of efforts in the 1990s to ban strong encryption in email and websites because governments tried to tell us it was used by drug dealers and pedos t
by cornonthecobra 11mo ago
I'm reminded of efforts in the 1990s to ban strong encryption in email and websites because governments tried to tell us it was used by drug dealers and pedos to do their nefarious activities.
Yes, governments really did want to force us to use HTTPS with only broken/weak crypto.
Same propaganda, different buzzwords.
- add-sub-mul-div 11mo agoIn hindsight, they really misjudged how comfortable pedos would be with discussing their affairs in plaintext email.
- jsmo 11mo agojust the rich, well-connected ones with friends in high places right?
- dreamcompiler 11mo agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clipper_chip https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clipper_chip
- seanhunter 11mo agoYes and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernstein_v._United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernstein_v._United_States Notice that in those cases DJB was represented by the eff, so they have been involved in this issue for a very long time.
- hahn-kev 11mo agoNever heard of this, thanks