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Re:Key senators have voted for the anti-encryption EARN IT act by AnIdiotOnTheNet on Friday February 11, 2022 @11:13AM (#30303109)
There's so much "dem boomers and normies don't understand technology" in this thread, not to mention hyperbolic statements about the end of all privacy, and I feel fairly confident that the vast majority of commenters have, like myself, not read the bill. Not that most of us are likely to understand precisely what it means without a legal background anyway.

Is there a competent analysis of the bill I can read? I think this is the bill: https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/353... which to my untrained-in-law eyes seems to do nothing more than establish a commission that makes recommendations to service providers.

Like, don't get me wrong, I'm sure there's good reason to oppose this, I'd just like those arguments in a form that isn't a bunch of nerd-oriented rage-porn.

Re:Key senators have voted for the anti-encryption EARN IT act by throwthh436 on Friday February 11, 2022 @11:33AM (#30303421)
Read this techdirt article. Make sure to click and read all the links within the article. Also make sure to read the PDF of Wyden's child safety bill.

https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20220202/17411648407/senat...

Edit: They got other articles on the same topic, collected here:

https://www.techdirt.com/blog/?tag=earn+it