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A coalition of dozens of the largest tech companies in the world is adamantly opposing any form of an official "backdoor" into encrypted devices.
The Information Technology Industry Council is a group of more than 60 major tech companies and organizations, including Google, Apple, Microsoft, Intel and Facebook.
"We deeply appreciate law enforcement's and the national security community's work to protect us," the council said in a statement issued Thursday, "but weakening encryption or creating backdoors to encrypted devices and data for use by the good guys would actually create vulnerabilities to be exploited by the bad guys, which would almost certainly cause serious physical and financial harm across our society and our economy."
(Score: 3, Insightful) by takyon on Friday November 27 2015, @08:48AM
http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/ [opensecrets.org]
Mountaire Corp (involved with poultry) will always care about "ag gag" laws more than the average citizen. American Crystal Sugar will always care about the farm bills more than the average citizen. Lockheed Martin will always care more about the U.S. defense budget more than the average citizen. The list goes on.
Even a well-rounded citizen can't pay attention to every political issue and decision. That's where the lobby groups come in. In some rare cases the rich might battle it out on opposite sides (Silicon Valley lobbyists vs. Hollywood lobbyists). In others, like the defense industry, it's just more money piled onto the winning horse. The public's horses have been shot in the legs and are struggling to keep up.
Imagine a near ban on lobbying (institutionalized bribery) complete with campaign finance reform. The money will then change hands less obviously, and sites like Open Secrets will be unable to track it.
Optimism is out. Managing your pessimism is in.
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(Score: 2) by NotSanguine on Friday November 27 2015, @09:13AM
Optimism is out. Managing your pessimism is in.
Manage my pessimism? So I should get fitted for a comfy face pad [rackcdn.com] then, eh?
No, no, you're not thinking; you're just being logical. --Niels Bohr
(Score: 2) by takyon on Friday November 27 2015, @04:47PM
Well you're not dead from trying to overthrow the government(s), so you are either doing something behind the scenes or nothing at all.
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(Score: 2) by NotSanguine on Friday November 27 2015, @09:48PM
Well you're not dead from trying to overthrow the government(s), so you are either doing something behind the scenes or nothing at all.
If you google the quotation (which is not mine), I think you'll find that you have no sense of humor. At all.
If you want to pick on something else in my post, why not this:
E Pluribus Unum used to mean something. I'd like it if it did again.
As your tone implies that you're not so into that either.
No, no, you're not thinking; you're just being logical. --Niels Bohr