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I second what @tmalsburg2... please, make a backdoor mandatory. 20 years after that moment no one but americans will care because people will have moved on to m
by cyphunk 12y ago
I second what @tmalsburg2... please, make a backdoor mandatory. 20 years after that moment no one but americans will care because people will have moved on to more egalitarian products.
when the backdoor is covert and not overtly declared the choice of using the questionable product becomes more economic. the choice gets a lot easier when the government or company clearly states they have a backdoor. for many countries it's not just red flag for using the questioned IT it's a reason to fund industries that compete with a better modal.
- adventured 12y agoEuropeans voraciously consume American software with backdoors already (Android, iOS, Windows Phone, Windows), even to the point of destroying their own native systems like Symbian and Nokia. And they do that, with the full knowledge of the NSA spying programs. Unfortunately for your theory, most Europeans clearly do not care enough about their privacy. I don't see any vast European protests about the NSA these post-Snowden days, most people have gone back to sleep. European leaders have largely been 'reassured' enough to remain docile about it, after a brief pretend flash of anger and push-back.
- cyphunk 12y agoPoint taken. Most do not care about privacy. I would like to see what happens however when backdoors are transparently and honestly declared or legalized. I do think competitors will form in such a market. Will they succeed is a different question.