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In the past year, a conflict has erupted between technology companies, privacy advocates, and members of the U.S. law enforcement and intelligence communities over the right to use and distribute products that contain strong encryption technology.
This debate between government actors seeking ways to preserve access to encrypted communications and a coalition of pro-encryption groups is reminiscent of an old battle that played out in the 1990s: a period that has come to be known as the "Crypto Wars."
This paper tells the story of that debate and the lessons that are relevant to today. It is a story not only about policy responses to new technology, but also a sustained, coordinated effort among industry groups, privacy advocates, and technology experts from across the political spectrum to push back against government policies that threatened online innovation and fundamental human rights.
http://www.newamerica.org/oti/doomed-to-repeat-history-lessons-from-the-crypto-wars-of-the-1990s/
[Also Covered By]: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2015/06/history_of_the_.html
Original Submission
(Score: 2) by aristarchus on Wednesday June 24 2015, @06:42AM
When you are crazy: Hey, Michael David Crawford! Strange you should show up in this thread (not)! I too have a loyalty card, but since my home address is Samos, if the area code matches, we are good to go! But sometimes I think that I could be al Farazi the astronomer, or Copernicus. Or maybe Hubble, or Hawking? But how would my grocery store know who I voted for in the past fifteen presidential elections. Oh My God! Welcome to the new Atlantis. I may not be who you think I am. I may be jmorris, in a rare moment of clarity, although the odds of that are astronomical. I love odds that are astronomical, they are just so close to the way the universe must really be. Jmorris. "Cutting taxes will alway result in more econmic growth! Or, Kansas." Such simplictiy, unencumbered by the thought process, as Click and Clack use to say. When you are crazy, the whole world smiles with you. When you are Republican, oh dear, only friends are down at the Elks, the Shriners, the Masons, or with the KKK. I say, come over here, to the Democratic side. We are just as fraternal, if not as racist. Good transition opportunity, y'all~!
(Score: 2) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Wednesday June 24 2015, @08:02AM
it has been repeatedly demonstrated that it is easy to correllate all that stuff enough to identify a specific individual.
i became dedicated to avoiding surveillance when apple maps dropped a pin twenty feet from my bedroom in portland.
Yes I Have No Bananas. [gofundme.com]
(Score: 2) by kaszz on Wednesday June 24 2015, @10:42AM
What do you mean by "dropped a pin" ?
(Score: 1) by nitehawk214 on Wednesday June 24 2015, @04:12PM
Orbital bombardment.
"Don't you ever miss the days when you used to be nostalgic?" -Loiosh
(Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Wednesday June 24 2015, @07:28PM
Presumably it sticks a pin in the map to show where you are.
"Is that really true?" "I just spent the last hour telling you to think for yourself! Didn't you hear anything I said?"