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Bill Aimed at Ending 'Warrant-Proof' Encryption Introduced in House:
Referred to as the Lawful Access to Encrypted Data Act, the bill aims to put a stop to criminals using “warrant-proof encryption and other technological advances” to hide their activity from authorities, Congresswoman Ann Wagner (R-MO), who introduced the bill, said.
“It is time tech companies stand with criminal investigators and the public to make clear they are committed to rooting out perpetrators who use their services to commit horrific crimes. As the digital world advances, so must our legislative solutions to investigate crimes that hit hardest the most vulnerable in our society,” Rep. Wagner commented.
Law enforcement agencies have long argued that strong encryption hinders their ability to conduct successful investigations in certain cases, often asking for backdoors that would provide them fast access to data of interest, but tech companies have opposed these requests, arguing that backdoors would introduce serious security and privacy risks.
The legislation would require tech companies to provide authorities with access to encrypted user data, while also stating that the Attorney General would report on which companies can comply. Furthermore, the government would offer compensation to companies that comply with the legislation.
Previously:
(2020-07-07) US Senate Panel OK's EARN IT Act
(2020-06-27) Senators Introduce "Balanced" Bill That Aims to End Warrant-Proof Encryption
(2020-06-11) Plundering of Crypto Keys From Ultrasecure SGX Sends Intel Scrambling Again
(2020-06-06) Zoom Says Free Users Won't Get End-to-End Encryption so FBI and Police Can Access Calls
(2020-05-19) AG Barr Seeks 'Legislative Solution' to Make Companies Unlock Phones
(2020-05-19) FBI Successfully Broke Into a Gunman's iPhone, but Still Very Angry at Apple
(Score: 3, Interesting) by HiThere on Saturday August 01 2020, @04:12PM (2 children)
The gods are not imaginary, but they don't have the kind of existence people think they have. They are inherited psychic structures, what Jung called archetypes, though he got a lot of the details wrong. They exist in a pre-verbal (or possibly sub-verbal) level of the mind and they are shared by people. Given mutation, different people have slightly different resident gods, but most of them are the same. They rarely intrude into consciousness, but if you understand them properly, you can benefit from addressing them...though the forms used by most prayers are not suited to good results. This is also true for most mantras, but some koans are valuable.
One example of a useful "prayer" is:
I bless Ra, the fierce sun shining bright,
I bless Isis, Luna, in the night,
I bless the air the Horus hawk,
I bless the earth on which I walk.
This is from R.A.Wilson. I've tried to rewrite it avoiding the Egyptian motif, but ran into trouble with scansion. The names of the gods are not significant, the best I could do was:
I bless the fierce sun shining bright, (The sun is symbolically emblematic of consciousness)
I bless the moon that shines at night, (The moon represents the flowing emotions)
I bless the air, the Horus hawk, (This is the line I couldn't fix. Air is symbolically reasoning and spirit)
I bless the earth on which I walk. (Earth represents material existence. )
The crucial thing to notice is that the conscious self is addressing the unconscious in a friendly manner, not begging. If you befriend your gods, they will help you feel better about things, and possibly to be luckier. And just doing this a couple of times wouldn't be that helpful. I'd suggest doing it the first time you see the sun or the moon each day. This will help strengthen the connection.
Javascript is what you use to allow unknown third parties to run software you have no idea about on your computer.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 01 2020, @04:35PM
https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/elon-musk-neuralink-brain-chip-hearing-a9647306.html [independent.co.uk]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 01 2020, @05:31PM
I think that's a pretty sane interpretation as far as religion goes. Here's a quick attempt at a more Greco-Roman interpretation.
Blessings to Sol, the light of day
Blessings to Luna, fair and fey
Blessings to Zephyr, breath of life
Blessings to Gaia, who holds aright