Re:More Encryption Is Not the Solution
by a3n on Wednesday July 31, 2013 @09:21AM
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"The only surefire way to gain back our privacy is also the least likely: the citizens of all nation- states must empower politicians who will defund and dismantle the espionage machinery and instead rely on international cooperation to expose and prevent terrorist activity."
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The most surefire way isn't in trusting those who betrayed the trust. It's in making their efforts to spy on us futile.
TFA just explained why this is not a "surefire" way.
Not to mention that the last 40 years not much progress has been made in this direction (if any).
Also: the other proposition also helps putting a better government in place. The "technological" solution, even if it worked, it would only solve the very specific problem of privacy. Not the much more important problem of a government that betrayed the trust of the people.
Not the much more important problem of a government that betrayed the trust of the people.
We've built a system that makes sure liars and demagogues get into office. Until people are on board with putting an end to such a system of elections, the only way to change the political landscape will be to circumvent it.