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Re:FBI director Comey backs new Feinstein push for decrypt bill by ComodoHacker on Thursday May 04, 2017 @05:01AM (#14263538)
>acting as an adversary to an entity with pervasive surveillance power (generally speaking, corrupt regimes around the world)

>a user-friendly rootkit installer for easy installation >a program that trains a fleet of drones to follow a person all day, causes vehicle engine failure, etc.

I'm afraid corrupt regimes would be the ones who benefit the most from such tools.

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Re:FBI director Comey backs new Feinstein push for decrypt bill by grandalf on Thursday May 04, 2017 @09:28AM (#14264623)
> I'm afraid corrupt regimes would be the ones who benefit the most from such tools.

They already do. But since the tools are under the radar there is not all that much pressure on technology firms to follow best practices.

For example, why don't we have fully auditable filesystems?

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Re:FBI director Comey backs new Feinstein push for decrypt bill by ComodoHacker on Thursday May 04, 2017 @03:39PM (#14268014)
What do you mean by "fully auditable filesystem"?
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