HughPickens.com [hughpickens.com] writes:
The NYT reports that Hillary Clinton spoke at the Brookings Institution’s annual Saban Forum on Sunday and said that the Islamic State had become “the most effective recruiter in the world” and that the only solution is to engage American technology companies in blocking or taking down militants’ websites, videos and encrypted communications. “
We need to put the great disrupters at work at disrupting ISIS. [nytimes.com] We need Silicon Valley not to view government as its adversary. We need to challenge our best minds in the private sector and
work with our best minds in the public sector to develop solutions that would both keep us safe and protect our privacy [fastcompany.com]," said Clinton. "We should take the concerns of law enforcement and counterterrorism professionals seriously. They have warned that impenetrable encryption may prevent them from accessing terrorist communications and preventing a future attack. On the other hand we know there are legitimate concerns about government intrusion, network security, and creating new vulnerabilities that bad actors can and would exploit."
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