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Re:The EARN IT act is back, and it’s more dangerous than ever by nirav72 on Saturday February 05, 2022 @06:13PM (#30227328)
You must not have been around when the government was pushing for backdoors on Telecom products in the 1990s. Before the internet was a thing for most people.
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Re:The EARN IT act is back, and it’s more dangerous than ever by oceanghost on Saturday February 05, 2022 @09:00PM (#30228508)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clipper_chip
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Re:The EARN IT act is back, and it’s more dangerous than ever by nirav72 on Sunday February 06, 2022 @02:12AM (#30230192)
Thank you. I was trying recall the technology being pushed at the time that would have allowed the NSA to have a backdoor.
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Re:The EARN IT act is back, and it’s more dangerous than ever by kragen on Sunday February 06, 2022 @07:29AM (#30231926)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communications_Assistance_for_... actually passed in 01994.
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