As encryption spreads, U.S. grapples with clash between privacy, security

Re:As encryption spreads, U.S. grapples with clash between p... by adventured on Saturday April 11, 2015 @07:50PM (#9361293)

Europeans voraciously consume American software with backdoors already (Android, iOS, Windows Phone, Windows), even to the point of destroying their own native systems like Symbian and Nokia.

And they do that, with the full knowledge of the NSA spying programs.

Unfortunately for your theory, most Europeans clearly do not care enough about their privacy. I don't see any vast European protests about the NSA these post-Snowden days, most people have gone back to sleep. European leaders have largely been 'reassured' enough to remain docile about it, after a brief pretend flash of anger and push-back.

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Re:As encryption spreads, U.S. grapples with clash between p... by cyphunk on Friday April 17, 2015 @11:52AM (#9395101)

Point taken. Most do not care about privacy. I would like to see what happens however when backdoors are transparently and honestly declared or legalized. I do think competitors will form in such a market. Will they succeed is a different question.

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