Senators “float” their technically illiterate plan to attack ENCRYPTION. Retweet
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We’re launching a new campaign today: Don’t let politicians break private encryption.
Private encryption is what allows you to use the Internet securely. But the politicians want to crack your encryption. This will leave you vulnerable not only to criminals, but also to the ever-growing police state. You must not allow this to happen. Sadly…
The politicians are now floating a really bad piece of legislation aimed at breaking private encryption — the “Compliance with Court Orders Act of 2016.” It’s authored by Senators Dianne Feinstein and Richard Burr. We believe this bill is a trial balloon…
- They’ll withdraw it if the opposition is too great. But they’ll rush it through if the people fail to react.
- And if the opposition is only moderate, they’ll trim some elements, modify others, and figure out how to pass it — if not in this Congress, then the next.
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Oppose the “Compliance with Court Orders Act of 2016.”
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I object to this bill because it would prohibit the kind of user-controlled encryption that’s in every modern smartphone, messaging service, e-commerce site, and tech product.
* Joseph Lorenzo Hall, chief technologist at the Center for Democracy and Technology, says that this bill “…basically outlaws end-to-end encryption.”
* Kevin Bankston, the director of the New America Foundation’s Open Technology Institute, renders an equally harsh verdict — “I gotta say in my nearly 20 years of work in tech policy this is easily the most ludicrous, dangerous, technically illiterate proposal I’ve ever seen.”
Wired magazine provides a full review of the bill’s flaws — http://bit.ly/1MmRRRL
I deny consent. Announce your opposition to this bill!
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