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Bruce Schneier has written a short piece over at Lawfare in response to ongoing calls to weaken encryption. Unlike during the cold war there is no longer a distinction between consumer grade encryption and military encryption. This is because customized encryption is both more expensive and less secure, because it is unique, non-standard, and untested.
In his keynote address at the International Conference on Cybersecurity, Attorney General William Barr argued that companies should weaken encryption systems to gain access to consumer devices for criminal investigations. Barr repeated a common fallacy about a difference between military-grade encryption and consumer encryption: "After all, we are not talking about protecting the nation's nuclear launch codes. Nor are we necessarily talking about the customized encryption used by large business enterprises to protect their operations. We are talking about consumer products and services such as messaging, smart phones, e-mail, and voice and data applications."
The thing is, that distinction between military and consumer products largely doesn't exist. All of those "consumer products" Barr wants access to are used by government officials—heads of state, legislators, judges, military commanders and everyone else—worldwide. They're used by election officials, police at all levels, nuclear power plant operators, CEOs and human rights activists. They're critical to national security as well as personal security.
Earlier on SN:
U.S. Attorney General William Barr Demands Backdoored Encryption (2019)
FBI: End-to-End Encryption Problem "Infects" Law Enforcement and Intelligence Community (2019)
The Crypto Warrior--Why Politicians Want a ‘Back Door’ into Your Devices—and Why it Will Never Work (2016)
(Score: 2) by jmichaelhudsondotnet on Monday September 02 2019, @12:24PM (2 children)
Thank you (again) for this.
Two historians that have helped me understand these things are Tom Suarez and Allison Weir.
https://soundcloud.com/guns-and-butter-1/political-zionism-the-us-connection-alison-weir-375 [soundcloud.com]
http://radio4all.net/index.php/program/92664 [radio4all.net]
Also, actual:
http://radio4all.net/index.php/program/103548 [radio4all.net]
In a conflict like this where there are two clear sides, and both are claiming persecution, you really need to look at the details.
Epsetin got away with mega crimes for 30 years while operating a famous company, he claimed he deserved the privilege of a second fraudulent passport because jewish people are persecuted. (because they are accused of doing exactly what epstein was doing, but leave that for now...)
I, on the other hand, as a public BDS supporter, get the algorithms of all zionist operated softwares configured against me, FB, googl, etc. No one in all of hollywood or new york will even consider working with a comedian or writer who supports BDS. I have been harassed at my job, in the bus and train, my friends and neighborhood have been vandalized, and the country I live in made a law in June that my viewpoint is specifically outlawed.
You tell me, who is the one being persecuted? Who is conducting a witch hunt? Whose ideas are being dismissed and labelled with slurrs prior to consideration? Am I, a proud supporter of a jewish candidate Bernie Sanders, the nazi here?
What's that quote, 'I pray that I may never feel I am persecuted simply because I am contradicted.' I think that's what our friends in Israel are abusing, they are claiming every criticism is evidence of a vast plot against them because of their ethnicity, while they are DOING WORSE to their opponents.
And anyone who does this gaslighting manipulation bullshit is on my shitlist, call me whatever you want but I don't want anything to do with Israel or any jewish people incapable of grasping the true twisted nature of this situation and their role in it. Any jewish people who are silent at this point, have already told us what side they are on.
One more thing, my heritage is northern european, dutch etc although one of my great grandma's was probably german yiddish, but whatever. If when I was in high school I learned there was a cult of Hudson's who had been involved in numerous, century's long scandals all over the world, I would not for a second consider doing any of the things that would ever risk me being so labelled. In fact, my grandma told me one side of my familiy was always arguing about money. So I never ague about money. (try it, it works)
Yet epstein knew he was proudly jewish and while he was trafficking and raping dozens of 13 year old girls, claimed that with a straight face he deserves a second passport so that he could evade persecution while flying around with Ehud Barak and his harem of children. And other jewish people right now are trying as hard as possible to prevent the fact of his jewishness from ever being mentioned in the mass media, not because they are scared for their safety, but because it will affect their plans to steal land and grab ever more power.
I could not describe anything more demonic and illegetimate. Demonizing israel and saying israel is illegitimate are the two exact things that Netanyahu himself says will result in Israel targetting you with their mean tricks brigade. They won't define their borders, they won't admit they stole and possess nuclear weapons, the only UN mandate they accept is the one of their own creation. They are literally integrated with the Mafia via casinos and the drug trade etc. Israel is the single country who does all these things, and so this is logically the third thing you are not to do regarding Israel, single it out.
I have encountered in my extensive studies of this world and human history no greater source and purveyor of evil than the state of Israel, so no, I do not trust them or their american stooges with anything, at all, whatsoever, least of which to design my iphone, program my encryption, produce my processor or decide what I can and cannot say.
(Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Monday September 02 2019, @07:46PM
Come on now, Nazi Germany was a lot worse than Israel. Personally if the entire Middle East were to be wiped out by an asteroid tomorrow with no discrimination between religions and ethnic groups I would breathe a sigh of relief, but let's be real here.
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 2) by jmichaelhudsondotnet on Tuesday September 03 2019, @04:54AM
By comparison the actual 3rd reich was much more straightforward, I'm inclined to see the more perniciously deceptive infiltrator as the more evil in any situation.
The zionist thing is now going on for a much longer time, and I can only see it as actually a war against all of the islamic religion itself. China is piling on.
The israelis are just giving the usa targets to attack at this point, finding any point of any strength in any of the cultures that has land it wants or which opposes it, and eliminating that strength through actual offensive terrorism, often unattributed, while claiming by definition to be on the side fighting against fear itself and that they aren't even at war. Blurring the definitions of war, soldier, borders, offense, defense and actually a lot of words. The gradual escalation like they are gauging how much war we can handle, but always dialing it up, always leaving us on the brink of a much bigger conflict.
I'm so sick of it. I would rather they get it over with than all of this dangling their limp wrists in front of iran's face and saying 'dare you to touch me' like a sociopathic 12 year old bully.
By comparison the 3rd reich was hamhanded, shortlived and localized. And direct.
Zionism is global, and has demonstrated a much longer term plan, with much more infiltration of 'key positions'. I do not think humanity has seen anything like it, and the death toll of the war on terror is getting really up there, and it is so extremely lopsided, and at this point they have nearly succeeded in eliminating the category of 'civilian' so the invitation to this one can't be declined, it's coming right for us.
But they are going to keep trying to invade their neighbors forever, they think their race is superior, and they don't care one bit about human rights, and they lie about everything they do, so that's no ally of mine and has all of the aspects I most hate about nazis so I don't see reason to quibble about the comparison unless someone is going to pay me to, but even then my views on totalitarianism that threatens me are not for sale.