Re: [Cryptography] Sadly predictable: Terrorism used as excuse to attack encryption
On Tue, Nov 17, 2015 at 1:07 PM, Henry Baker <hbaker1@pipeline.com> wrote:
With enough fear, anything comes to look threatening: a gaming console, a toilet, a smartphone. Will destroying them make us more or less powerful?
It makes "us" look like cowards, because you're not addressing the source of the fear, you're taking the *apparrent* easy route, while still leaving the source to reign. It takes courage to conquer your fears. Grow some.
Paris Attacks and "Going Dark": Intelligence-Related Issues to Consider Congressional Research Service, November 19, 2015 (IN10400) http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/intel/IN10400.pdf --dan
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/kafkaesque-sacrifice-encryption-security-name... The Kafkaesque Sacrifice of Encryption Security in the Name of Security Daniel Solove Dec 2, 2015 Proponents for allowing government officials to have backdoors to encrypted communications need to read Franz Kafka. Nearly a century ago, Kafka deftly captured the irony at the heart of their argument in his short story, "The Burrow."
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