40 is young compared to 82 I know. But talking to old people over 80 tells me there should be age limits to jobs that require critical thinking.
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Senate Draft Encryption Bill Called 'Absurd,' 'Dangerous,' and Technically Inept
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40 is young compared to 82 I know. But talking to old people over 80 tells me there should be age limits to jobs that require critical thinking.
As a non American I feel the easiest way around this would be don't select America as your country when you start up your new iPhone, the software will load as the "non FBI accessable" version and a yank can continue knowing the government wasted their time and money...no? Or is this going to be a USA has it the world has it kind of thing?
The whole political system is a train wreck. Things are run by a criminal racket, unfortunately this is probably just the beginning. Won't be long before FBI is running around chasing people for thought crime.
Booting an incumbent is not easy. I've resorted to emailing her (if she can even work a computer at her age).
Besides her usual lunacy, she isn't technology savvy despite having the world's most valuable technology company in the same state.
Take a look at her top contributors both from a financial and infrastructure perspective. From the tech side (Apple, Google, etc..) there is very little.
Now from a lobbyist's perspective in DC, that I don't know.
As for her seat opponents, she is giving the group (see my previous response) what they want from a Democratic Party perspective allowing her to get away with a lot. Love to see her actually debate an opponent so folks can see how mired in time a lot of her ideals are.
My perspective - never voted for her.
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Depending on the app or cert, yes. Over 2/3 of the commercially available encryption is non-US.
Personally I use Wickr and Proton Mail.
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https://www.feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/e-mail-me
https://www.burr.senate.gov
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Proof positive that San Francisco Liberals are a very powerful political mob...
All the tech giants like Google, Yahoo!, Twitter, Facebook, Mozilla, Wikimedia, etc.. need to do more than just sending tweets of support and really get behind Apple on this issue (I would include Microsoft, but with the release of Windows 10 it's quite clear where they stand on protecting our data).
The government will ruin the Internet as we know it if we let them.
The government will ruin the Internet as we know it if we let them.
It's privacy/civil rights vs national security. This country and others are on a war footing wether one wants to think of it as such or not. During war, certain civil liberties are temporarily suspended in the name of national security. But it seems this war could go on indefinitely or at least for several more years, maybe even escalate.
People seem to have adjusted to being basically treated like criminals in an airport with probably good reason so why would one think they will be able to keep their personal data unserachable like a building that is impossible to break into with a court ordered search warrant. You can kick and scream all you want about it but unless the world changes it's coming.
People seem to have adjusted to being basically treated like criminals in an airport with probably good reason so why would one think they will be able to keep their personal data unserachable like a building that is impossible to break into with a court ordered search warrant. You can kick and scream all you want about it but unless the world changes it's coming.
The tech giants are like juveniles, only care about themselves, superficial and hypocritical, they fail to truly understand the government. Young and bright, yet woefully ignorant outside of their area of expertise.
That is a perceptual issue. By definition we, the USA, is not at war. To say we are and to allude that to suspended civil rights ...
As a computer science student and political aspirant, the level of technical ignorance displayed by some politicians while happily legislating in a field they clearly know nothing about never ceases to shock and disappoint me.
Politicians are paid to be informed on important topics. In the 21st century that includes all manners of data security and internet freedom. I fear for when these people have to deal with serious looming threats such as strong artificial intelligence.
Hopefully people more like me will be in power by then, or we're all doomed.
Politicians are paid to be informed on important topics. In the 21st century that includes all manners of data security and internet freedom. I fear for when these people have to deal with serious looming threats such as strong artificial intelligence.
Hopefully people more like me will be in power by then, or we're all doomed.
Probably true, but considering all the other openly crazy people it makes me skeptical, lol. At one point even Ben Carson seemed decent and he turned out to be maybe the craziest one!
So are you for Ted Cruz(44), and not Hillary Clinton(68), Donald Trump(69), or Bernie Sanders(74)?
Old people acting like mindless corporate sycophants...
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And money is 'speech', remember. Scalia sided with the other retards on the SCOTUS to make that possible.
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I think it's more about who the republicans throw on the wall to see if they stick. One was a real loser...
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Yeah, keep singing that song. It gets harder to listen to over the years.
The real mob are on Wall Street, and in Kansas... Name starts with a 'K'...
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Ironic that within the first days of the 'Great GOP Revolution' the majority GOP peons killed the Office of Science and Technology, which used to advise the Congress of technological matters. Why, I guess the GOP thought that their cadre of corporate lobbyists were just fine to 'advise' them on 'the current state of the industry'. Why would they lie...
THIS is what happens when Congress works in a bubble, insulated from everything that would help them make good legislation.
Perfect catch! They are just visually similar in many ways.Although it may indeed be misogynistic and antisemitic, now that you have said it, i cannot see her otherwise.
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If this is ever decrypt-able? Reading someone's mind or so.
Oh calm down, you already know him and he certainly doesn't hide his intentions. Some of you fear and respect him. In the end all of you will learn to love Big Brother.
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Ve vill make you so safe. Ve vill protect you from all our ememies. And Ve vill have great marching music too, from such a small band in zee truck, see 1:46. Ve vill only read your email and messages when Ve think it is necessary. You can trust us, what could go wrong.
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It is unnerving the lack of understanding the people in charge have regarding technology. Sen. Feinstein is 85 years of age and I think it is a fair assumption that she does not keep up with the current technology nor the repercussions of such.
A draft of an encryption bill created by Senate Intelligence Committee leaders Richard Burr and Dianne Feinstein was released last night, revealing the scope of the legislation that would require technology companies to decrypt data and share it in an "intelligible format" when served with a legal order.
The Compliance with Court Orders Act of 2016, a copy of which was shared by Re/code, starts out by declaring "no person or entity is above the law." It says that all providers of communication services and products, from hardware to software, must both protect the privacy of residents of the United States through "implementation of appropriate data security," while still respecting the "rule of law" and complying with legal requirements and court orders to provide information stored either on devices or remotely.
In acknowledgement of the disagreement between the FBI and Apple, the legislation does include a clause that prevents it from authorizing "any government officer to require or prohibit any specific design or operating system to be adopted by any covered entity," and it shies away from specific technical demands, but the wording of the act itself, with no contingencies for inaccessible data, makes end-to-end encryption impossible. Any data encrypted by companies must also be able to be decrypted.
Security experts have heavily criticized the bill. Daniel Castro of the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation told Re/code the bill "sets up a legal paradox" while the ACT/App Association said it amounts to a government-mandated back door. Security researcher Jonathan Zdziarski says the entire bill is dangerous, calling it "a hodgepodge of technical ineptitude combined with pockets of contradiction."In a report yesterday, Reuters said the White House has decided not to offer public support for the legislation, as "the administration remains deeply divided on the issue." The bill is still in draft form, with the language subject to changes based on input from stakeholders. In a joint statement, Burr and Feinstein said they hope to have a final version completed soon.
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Revolution. The Time has Arrived.
You forgot the pound sign:
#Revolution. The Tweet has Arrived.
Joking aside, I echo your sentiment.
It gave you an idea about Californian voters.
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Doesn't matter. People kept voting for her to be in her position.