On Sat, 17 Jan 2015 14:34:42 -0800, grarpamp <grarpamp@gmail.com> wrote:
President Barack Obama said Friday that police and spies should not be locked out of encrypted smartphones and messaging apps...
http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2015/01/16/obama-sides-with-cameron-in-encryptio... http://yro.slashdot.org/story/15/01/17/2156204/obama-govt-shouldnt-be-hamper... tions
We all knew this was coming. Apex predators never appreciate their prey having the ability to communicate (privately!), organize and resist their predations.
American should be in the streets over talk like this.
Taking it to the streets in my observation mostly results in innocent people getting viciously attacked by police. I feel that it would be more effective long term to channel that anger into something productive. Something that tangibly tilts the balance of power back to the people, such as building out community owned networks, wireless or otherwise. [1] Or supporting open phone initiatives like Indie. [2] Growing your own food. Getting off the grid. etc. A self sufficient population is less easily brought to heel. [1] http://peerproduction.net/issues/issue-6-disruption-and-the-law/peer-reviewe... [2] https://ind.ie/about/manifesto/