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Senate Draft Encryption Bill Called 'Absurd,' 'Dangerous,' and Technically Inept
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Psychopathic? Just a little advice: You sound like one of those conservative (or liberal - pick your poison) radio talk show hosts who are constantly screaming at the top of their lungs about this or that OUTRAGE of the day, and fueling the birthers, the conspiracy theorists, and the people who think swat teams are poised to invade all our homes. Dial it down a notch or twenty, and peope may actually listen to you.
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Is it any surprise that the congressional approval rating is 9%. These Ass-Clowns are so out of touch with reality is isn't even funny.
Thankfully the lobbyist will be all over this and enough palms will be out and greased with campaign donations and it'll just be another day in the Senate for the Senators.
Thankfully the lobbyist will be all over this and enough palms will be out and greased with campaign donations and it'll just be another day in the Senate for the Senators.
It's frightening knowing that octogenarian fascists like Feinstein write American laws.
The number of exploit/hack/malware attempts going through the firewall on our 1gbps net connection looks a lot different now then it did back in the mid 90's when our internet connection was 6 multiplexed T1's, and some of our employees were bragging about their dual channel ISDN lines.
A lot of bank communication, at least "decades ago" were over private networks not accessible to millions of people without war dialing and trying to find and hack their way into open modems.
I disagree with your description of congressional "people". Clowns are actually hard working people. Not a glamorous job, but still a job people enjoy doing. Also, clowns are not generally disliked here in the US.
A congress person is the exact opposite of a clown. A CP is about the laziest American worker, which means this person would die in the streets in a 3rd world nation. Not only are they generally lazy, they only work with one of their kind is executive in chief! Could you imagine if you/me tried to pull that at our jobs?!!
So no, congress people arent clowns. They are definitely asses. Big ones. More asses than jackasses for sure. Hyenas complain about congress people. Vultures complain about the loss of the profession to congress people.
Social programs + programs that support corporatism, etc; the list of diners at the trough is huuuuuge. There's an insatiable appetite by various factions to take or control other people's property, thus other people's lives. The politicians don't really ignore the majorities, they parcel out the plunder to competing factions in such a way that will maintain their own positions. It's a partnership. It'll continue as long as America's mixed economy exists (or transitions to straight-out collectivism) or the treasury runs out of 'other people's money'.
Yet they are re-elected, more often than not.
Criminals have gotten smarter. It's the same reason old-fashioned, insecure credit cards are no longer acceptable and have been phased out, or are in the process of being phased out. As attacks increase, defenses need to get better.
--Eric
THE ONLY PEOPLE in the world, it seems, who believe in the conspiracy theory of history are those of us who have studied it. While Franklin D. Roosevelt might have exaggerated when he said “Nothing happens in politics by accident; if it happens, it was planned that way,” Carroll Quigley – Bill Clinton’s favourite professor at Georgetown University – boldly admitted in his Tragedy & Hope that (a) the multitudes were already under the control of a small but powerful group bent on world domination and (b) Quigley himself was a part of that group.
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a person with a psychopathic personality, which manifests as amoral and antisocial behavior, lack of ability to love or establish meaningful personal relationships, extreme egocentricity, failure to learn from experience, etc.
What epithet do you prefer? Slightly disturbed, maybe?
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But I suppose all government data will be immune to this and encrypted to the max.
The error you and nearly everyone else here is making is in assuming that politicians write the laws. In the U.S. Congress at least, it's the regulated industries who write the laws. This is why the comments from the regulated industries in this instance can be written on the back of an envelope, only without the envelope. Few have noticed this deafening silence, but those who have, and who also know how the system actually works, completely understand why they are so quiet.
Time to wake up and smell the coffee.
why the people of California continue putting that monster back in the Senate baffles me.
More people are killed by rednecks with guns than terrorists. I am not going to surrender my right to encryption to the government because they're looking for the easy way out, and can't think of any other way to do their job.
I'm also not willing to surrender my personal info so cops can chase after a handful of perverts and low level drug dealers. Let them do police work the old fashioned way - get off the desk and do real detective work.
They are trying to scare morons cowering in the corners into surrendering their constitutional right to privacy. You are still more likely to be shot by a redneck in a shopping center or movie theater or school than you are to be killed by a terrorist. I don't see anyone rushing out laws to "keep us safe" from lunatics who want open carry guns in church. This country is heading down the toilet fast.
Such a narrow view. Unrestrained capitalism without regulation is always bad. Customers can't stop excesses. But this is not an argument there is no regulation, but clearly it's needed.
By the objective evidence of this legislation, your hashtag has been accomplished.
In all seriousness, life was possible before smart phones.
The problem with the government today is that it serves big corporate interests over the needs of the people. A big government in a healthy functioning democracy (which the US is not right now) isn't inherently bad. A president like Bernie Sanders would get big policy changes passed in the congress and senate not by force, but by keeping the American people much more informed and involved in the process (like he has with his campaign), and putting a spotlight on our ineffective leaders in a way we haven't seen in years (or ever). They'd either shape up or ship out.
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Let's take the opinion of a 82 years old grandma, she probable has the same knowledge about IT as my mother does: none at all. It just shows that these dumb people pick-up subject they are totally ignorant about in order to some get publicity before elections, pathetic!
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No you won't
I would believe you if you said you would remove all personal data from your phone or modify the way you use it... But getting rid of any mobile phone?
Sorry, I struggle to believe that.
Believe it or not, some of did without any mobile devices for many years. Yes, it would be inconvenient but easily done.
No government official is asking for a backdoor because all tech companies have to bring up is the fact that a backdoor for the government is a backdoor for the bad guys too. The government has no answer to that. These days, no official wants to be caught on record asking for a backdoor because that's the end of their political career. They're trying to be diplomatic about it-say things like "tech companies and the government need to find common ground" or stuff like that but make no mistake. The government wants nothing less than a backdoor with which it can access anyone's data at any time. It's just that the government knows it has to frame its demands more carefully.
This is not a choice between "privacy and security." Nothing unites a populace like the threat of war or an attack from outside. Throughout history, governments have played on this fear to justify power grabs. The FBI is no different. The FBI is trying to imply that handing over your privacy protection will help law enforcement foil terror attacks. I don't think it's going to solve anything. One way or another, if terrorists want to communicate in secret, they'll do so. Strong encryption isn't some big secret. It boils down to math. In fact, the current top encryption standard AES used by the government was developed by two Belgian cryptographers who submitted their work as part of an NIST proposal. It takes a few smart computer scientists/mathematicians on a terrorist/criminal organization's payroll to develop strong encryption.
I am thoroughly disgusted by what is going on in the Senate. Apple didn't break any laws by appealing the court order. The day it becomes a crime to say "prove it" to the government, we have started walking down the path to a totalitarian state, where the people are turned into mindless drones of the government.
It's Feinstein's parting shot before leaving office. What a horrific legacy.
Proof? Instead of the ad hominem attack, how about explaining what is wrong with the bill.
Misogynistic, yes. Just because you don't find Senator Feinstein attractive doesn't mean there is something wrong with the proposed legislation. Explain what is wrong with the bill, leaving out the part about why you prefer the appearance of some 20-something actress to that of Senator Feinstein.
Seriously, vast swaths of these threads are full of pointless personal attacks. If you think there is something wrong with this bill-- articulate it!
You're never going to find a politician that agrees with you on everything (despite what they say). If this is the one key issue that is a "make or break" for you, then go vote against them, or run for office, that's the deal.
Let me know how tech savvy you are when you're 82.
I'm just glad we don't have people (sure, it's a loose use of the term) like Mitch McConnell.