[cryptography] ODNI Counsel: Governments Want Accessible Crypto from Business

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In this the USA (ODNI / NSA / three-letter thing) is no different than
Russian Federation or China (some latest China stories I've seen
floated to this group here):

http://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/telecom/security/chinas-new-rules-ask-tech-firms-to-hand-over-source-code


http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2476275,00.asp

This all brings to mind some things I've pointed out in the past and
things that people have harped about endlessly but which have mostly
gone ignored:

Support (or help develop) open source hardware projects that strive to
create independence from the sort of things we are seeing in the
corporate realm in which USA / Russia / China "force" Microsoft and
other companies to backdoor their products.  As suggested in this Jan.
2, 2014 blog post...
https://odinn.cyberguerrilla.org/index.php/2014/01/02/opensourcebuildguide/

"– Support or develop open source processors. consider using the Open
Core project as a starting point
– Learn more about OpenRISC development, participate in discussion
about it
– Become part of, or create, open source collaborative efforts (some
examples: Open Source Initiative, Open Daylight, the Open Source
Hardware Association (OSHWA), Open Source Firmware (DD-WRT, Tomato), etc.)
– Make informed buying choices: Purchase new hardware (any computer
equipment, mobile included) only from sources that have committed to
open source development of that hardware. (...)"

Notes:

Popular Science on Tindie:
http://www.popsci.com/article/diy/rise-open-source-hardware

Novena open source laptop by Bunnie (on Sutajio Ko-usagi's page)
http://www.kosagi.com/w/index.php?title=Novena_Main_Page
Met 280% of its funding goal in May of 2014 - see:
http://vr-zone.com/articles/novena-open-laptop-project-exceeds-280-percent-crowd-funding-target/77905.html

Bunnie's page http://www.bunniestudios.com/


grarpamp:
> On Sat, Feb 7, 2015 at 8:42 PM, John Young <jya at pipeline.com>
> wrote:
>> ODNI counsel Robert Litt is "optimistic" cryptographers will
>> devise secure encryption which provides government access, it's
>> "what many governments > want." "One of the many ways in which
>> Snowden's leaks have damaged our national security is by driving
>> a wedge between government and providers and technology companies
>> so that some companies that formerly recognized that protecting
>> our nation was a valuable and important public service they
>> could perform now feel compelled to stand in opposition."
> 
> Some award winning slimy statements right there.
> 
> Translation: Govt damaged itself, got caught, is pissed, is trying
> another sleazy grab. Corp's sold users/customers out the last 15y,
> are trying to regain trust (you've got at least 15y to make up
> for... so keep standing in opposition, we'll let you know when you
> can take a break) Snowden's a hero
> 
>> http://cryptome.org/2015/02/odni-litt-15-0204.pdf
> You're all "potential other threats", handy right?
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USA_Freedom_Act 
> http://www.lawfareblog.com/2015/02/the-lawfare-podcast-episode-109-robet-litt-on-us-surveillance-policy-one-year-after-ppd-28/
>
> 
http://www.lawfareblog.com/2015/02/live-bob-litt-speaks-at-brookings-on-intelligence-and-surveillance-reform/
> 
> They still haven't answered? that one simple question about how
> having *you* on their disks without a warrant specifically covering
> probable cause on *you* to put it there... is constitutional.
> 

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