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posted by janrinok on Sunday February 15 2015, @06:27AM   Printer-friendly
from the surprise-surprise dept.

The New York Times reports that President Obama met yesterday with the nation’s top tech executives and company officials on a host of cybersecurity issues and the threats posed by increasingly sophisticated hackers amid a deepening estrangement between Silicon Valley and the government. “What has struck me is the enormous degree of hostility between Silicon Valley and the government,” says Herb Lin. “The relationship has been poisoned, and it’s not going to recover anytime soon.”

American firms are increasingly concerned about international competitiveness, and that means making a very public show of their efforts to defeat American intelligence-gathering by installing newer, harder-to-break encryption systems and demonstrating their distance from the United States government. “In some cases that is driving them to resistance to Washington,” says Obama’s cybersecurity coordinator, Michael Daniel. “But it’s not that simple. In other cases, with what’s going on in China,” where Beijing is insisting that companies turn over the software that is their lifeblood, “they are very interested in getting Washington’s help.”

Silicon Valley execs have also been fuming quietly over the government’s use of zero-day flaws. “The government is realizing they can’t just blow into town and let bygones be bygones,” says Eric Grosse, Google’s vice president of security and privacy. “Our business depends on trust. If you lose it, it takes years to regain.”

 
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  • (Score: 2) by Joe Desertrat on Sunday February 15 2015, @07:27PM

    by Joe Desertrat (2454) on Sunday February 15 2015, @07:27PM (#145351)

    You may note that in multiple of the above examples, courts' opinions are not being sought. Individuals are refusing to submit the question to courts, since the non-laws' attempted violations of the Constitution are so blatant. While it remains to be seen how this sort of paradigm shift plays out, there is indeed change afoot.

    While it is nice to think the people have won a victory, it is more likely that this is just something else that will be used against particular individuals should they run afoul of the law.

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