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Could they really do this? HTTPS is pretty much vital to a major part of the economy now. I find it hard to see how they could word anything other than a blanke
by dtf 17y ago
Could they really do this? HTTPS is pretty much vital to a major part of the economy now. I find it hard to see how they could word anything other than a blanket encryption ban in a manner which would prevent surreptitious use of the remaining systems.
Maybe I'm an optimist, but I really feel the cat's out of the bag here - technology will always trump legislation.
- Vivtek 17y agoOne might say the same of air travel - yet a million people around the world are denied the right to fly because somebody in the government typed their name wrong on a form. Does anybody fix that? Find the person who cares. Hint: nobody cares. This treaty will make the Internet just like today's air travel. Do you think technology will trump that?
- gills 17y agoYes.
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- forensic 17y agoit would never be a blanket ban. there would be an escape valve of bureaucracy that only corporations could utilize
- Create 17y agoit has always been the case (utube takeoff, Meg Whitman & Co. would be happy to forget about the foundations of Skype [KaZaa] etc.) ...ever wondered how GOOG Books works? http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Proposed_US_ACTA_multi-lateral_intellectual_property_trade_agreement_%282007%29 http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Proposed_US_ACTA_multi-lateral_int...
- JoeAltmaier 17y agoAgreed, Furthermore since when has your opinion been traceable to your ISP? I don't post anything (well nearly anything) on an ISP-hosted account; its on a public forum, or a cloud server etc. Encryption, proxies, public fora, technology in general will make this a futile effort to police. The genie is out of the bottle, and this rumored 'treaty' is a cry by a desperate administration that is feeling powerless. They may as well say "we'll put serial numbers on the buggy whips! We'll regulate steam engines! That'll stop em!"