Republicans Push Bill Requiring Tech Companies Give Encrypted Data

Re:Republicans Push Bill Requiring Tech Companies Give Encry... by clarkmoody on Wednesday June 24, 2020 @03:00PM (#23632342)

> Security experts have long noted that this is an impossible request.

You know, this could be a total political cover move. Pass some bill that makes it seem like tech companies will open comms to law enforcement, but make sure it doesn't actually work. Then, you can campaign on being tough on crime in November, and if somebody ever brings up the topic later, you can blame the biased big-tech firms for not wanting to work with Republicans.

So encryption tech can't deliver permanent rainbows, but the politicians get them anyway.

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Re:Republicans Push Bill Requiring Tech Companies Give Encry... by thephyber on Wednesday June 24, 2020 @03:44PM (#23632942)

Legislators don't have to show up to court to defend their dumb laws, so there's no requirement that their statute have any semblance of coherence.

Government attorneys show up to court after some poor citizen spends a ton of money on legal fees to challenge a bad faith law. Worse yet, some bad faith laws are crafted in such a way that no (living) person has standing to bring it to court to challenge the statute.

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Re:Republicans Push Bill Requiring Tech Companies Give Encry... by suizi on Wednesday June 24, 2020 @03:17PM (#23632571)

Throw lots of dirt at a wall and see what sticks.

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