Re:Stop the proposal on mass surveillance of the EU
by humanizersequel on Thursday February 02, 2023 @12:56PM
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>No. If such a system could work in any meaningful way, it would be already in place.
I'm reminded of the EMH joke about the economist walking by a 100 dollar bill on the street, assuming that it must be fake because if it were real, someone already would have picked it up.
Re:Stop the proposal on mass surveillance of the EU
by atmosx on Thursday February 02, 2023 @02:03PM
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What is EMH? Sounds like a crypto convention to me.
Re:Stop the proposal on mass surveillance of the EU
by boring_twenties on Thursday February 02, 2023 @04:35PM
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Efficient Markets Hypothesis
No. If such a system could work in any meaningful way, it would be already in place.
Trying to fight legal frameworks with technology, failed in the past with some notable but hardly repeatable exceptions. In the 90s a few geeks tech awareness could match the resources of a small state, non tech-savvy state. Nowadays it is impossible because the discrepancy in resources is huge.
There are countries that force you to download their own "secure" SSL certificate, so they can sniff all traffic. China is the worst and most prominent example.
This battle need to be fought on the street, with votes, by raising awareness, etc. If we want to be "free" we need to take-over the political battle, not the tech battle because if we win on that front, most likely won't matter. I don't want to risk jail for using an open source encryption tool.