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posted by janrinok on Wednesday June 24 2015, @03:32AM   Printer-friendly
from the it-was-always-the-same-as-now dept.

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/

[Paper - PDF]: https://static.newamerica.org/attachments/3407-doomed-to-repeat-history-lessons-from-the-crypto-wars-of-the-1990s/OTI_Crypto_Wars_History.abe6caa19cbc40de842e01c28a028418.pdf

[Also Covered By]: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2015/06/history_of_the_.html


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  • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 24 2015, @07:50AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 24 2015, @07:50AM (#200276)

    Michael...

    The way I handled the "store loyalty card" was pretty simple. I felt bad lying on the form and personally handing it back... but keep your eyes open in the parking lot... a lot of people are really careless with those cards as the stores give them away, and often give several when the person only needed one. The excess ones often end up in the parking lot.

    I will use these for the discount, although I am quite happy to have the person who signed for the card get the "rewards". I never use them enough to qualify for the reward anyway, but I often end up helping the other person, who I never met, meet the minimum purchase level.

    Of course, always pay cash.

    And never try to redeem any "points".

    I have also found several and gave them to some homeless people... for one thing they don't have an address, and another thing, it saves them about $10 on each bottle of booze. They really seem appreciative of being able to get a big bottle of the stuff for the same price the likker store charges them for a small bottle. I know for them that bottle of likker means so much even though I find little use for the stuff.

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