texans20
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I think it's only a matter of time before the US Government tries to ban encryption. It's quickly becoming the last measure in the fight to maintain privacy online. The ISPs would support it, because it will mess up their ability to throttle content. I for one have nothing to hide, but I encrypt everything I can. Not because I'm doing illegal activities, but more of a "fuck you" to my ISP and anyone who might be listening in.
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spamd
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| said by texans20  :I think it's only a matter of time before the US Government tries to ban encryption. It's quickly becoming the last measure in the fight to maintain privacy online. The ISPs would support it, because it will mess up their ability to throttle content. I for one have nothing to hide, but I encrypt everything I can. Not because I'm doing illegal activities, but more of a "fuck you" to my ISP and anyone who might be listening in. I couldn't agree more. The US Government is too afraid of anything it doesn't know about or can't get access too. However banning encryption I don't think will happen anytime soon. What I can see is the US Gov forcing you to install gov approved spy software on your pc where the information is not encrypted before it gets sent out on your encrypted connection. |
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mrchris
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How will I buy stuff online? |
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burgermeister
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said by texans20 :I think it's only a matter of time before the US Government tries to ban encryption. It's quickly becoming the last measure in the fight to maintain privacy online. I just can't think of any way they could ban encryption. After all, any computer science type person could whip something up that would do the trick. And with all the bits and bytes flying around, how would anyone be able to detect encrypted data over, say, a zip file or some other binary content?
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patcat88
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said by texans20 :I think it's only a matter of time before the US Government tries to ban encryption. It's quickly becoming the last measure in the fight to maintain privacy online. The ISPs would support it, because it will mess up their ability to throttle content. I for one have nothing to hide, but I encrypt everything I can. Not because I'm doing illegal activities, but more of a "fuck you" to my ISP and anyone who might be listening in. Only terrorists and kitten eaters use encryption. |
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NetAdmin
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| said by patcat88 :Only terrorists and kitten eaters use encryption. You forgot pedos...
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Corydon
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They won't ban it, they'll try to do what the Clinton administration tried to do with Clipper and put in a back door that they can use. After all, a lot of commerce happens online that they don't want to kill.
The problem is, once it's known that there's a back door, it's not a matter of if it gets hacked, but when.
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Mashiki
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2 edits | There's plenty of public methods of writing your own encryption methods and developing your own crypto engines out already, including source. Most people only use a few types, either because of large depositories or for ease of use.
If something like that happens, then I simply see dozens of newer cryto algorithms popping up, and being hosted out of places where the law has no reach. |
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spamd
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| said by Mashiki :being hosted out of places where the law has no reach. Those places are becoming far and few between.
Remember USA = World Police
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said by texans20 :I think it's only a matter of time before the US Government tries to ban encryption. It's quickly becoming the last measure in the fight to maintain privacy online. The ISPs would support it, because it will mess up their ability to throttle content. I for one have nothing to hide, but I encrypt everything I can. Not because I'm doing illegal activities, but more of a "fuck you" to my ISP and anyone who might be listening in. No, they won't for merchants. All that is encrypted data. Same with banks and other bills.
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cornelius785
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can't forget the children now... |
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SilverSurfer
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said by burgermeister :]I just can't think of any way they could ban encryption. Because if the feds don't ban encryption, then the terrorists win. Won't you please think of the children????
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