Senate Republicans propose law to outlaw end-to-end encryption(daringfireball.net)

61 pointsby tobr6 lat temu6 comments

Senate Republicans propose law to outlaw end-to-end encryption

https://daringfireball.net/linked/2020/06/23/senate-republicans-propose-outlawing-e2e-encryption

8 comments

To give a different example of what we're dealing with, California Senator Diane Feinstein has been a vocal opponent of encryption. Google "diane feinstein encryption" for some examples; it's a long-running theme with her. At the same time, she was pretty unhappy with the CIA snooping around Senate computers[1]. You'd think she could make the connection that if even her title and the law aren't enough to protect her, maybe encryption can be a good thing, but no, she's one of the senators behind the EARN IT Act.

1: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/feins...

thearchitect16 lat temu

Please read the actual bill for yourself. The earn it act does not ban encryption.

dang6 lat temu

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23622169

rich_sasha6 lat temu

America is a great country, but I don’t understand it. You won’t be allowed to encrypt your stuff, but you can buy a gun at every Walmart.

tibbydudeza6 lat temu

Yep ... it would be those 3 GOP numbnuts.

chrismatheson6 lat temu

Would this also make p2p tech illegal?

mtgx6 lat temu

thearchitect16 lat temu