A sneaky attempt to end encryption

[mikewhitney]

I stumbled on a reddit post about a nasty thing that Congress is pushing while we are focused on the Wuhan virus.


https://www.theverge.com/interface/2...am-match-group

The article further goes on to say

It would do that by setting up a byzantine checklist structure that would handcuff companies to a difficult-to-modify set of procedures. One item on that checklist could be eliminating end-to-end encryption in messaging apps, depriving the world of a secure communications tool at a time when authoritarian governments are surging around the world.

I didn't finish reading through this but wanted to post it out of general concern.

One problem with many internet laws is that we reach a point where you need a lawyer to determine whether you are meeting all the laws. In this way, it becomes difficult for the average person to set up websites.

[Sparko]

If service providers can be liable for user's content, that would pretty much end Theologyweb, Facebook, Reddit and any other online social media.

[Leonhard]

This bill has nothing at all to do with the stated goal of protecting children. It is just latest spin the NSA and CIA is using to justify its mass surveilance system.

But very well, let's see what a decade does with weaker encryption and backdoors that they've dreamed of having will do. NSA believes they can control all those things, though let's not forget that their entire arsenal of hacking tools was sold by an insider on the black market recently.

[demi-conservative]

Congress is pushing while we are focused on the Wuhan virus

Why let a good crisis go to waste?