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Re:An even worse anti-encryption bill than EARN IT by frankzen on Friday June 26, 2020 @07:52AM (#23650948)
When Phil Zimmerman created PGP one of his stated use cases was protection of speech in totalitarian regimes. Well... looks like we're approaching that use case. Encryption is permissionless by design.
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Re:An even worse anti-encryption bill than EARN IT by frankzen on Friday June 26, 2020 @07:56AM (#23650979)
Also, I think begging politicians to see it any other way is a waste of time. Widespread disobedience and resistance is the only way to knock it down. Make it cost a lot to enforce.
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