The want to outlaw math. Too bad for them, it works in certain ways, even if they don't want it to. Signal to quit UK if law changes on encryption
It's for the children. Of course it is. The fact that by "protecting the children" you facilitate government survellience, criminals, and other bad guys doesn't enter the situation. And after protecting the children, they will go after money launderers. (Are you earning $600 in tips?)
But [Signal president Meredith] Whittaker told the BBC it was "magical thinking" to believe we can have privacy "but only for the good guys".
She added: "Encryption is either protecting everyone or it is broken for everyone."
But legislators stamp their feet and say, "Overturn the laws of the Universe, because I say so!"
She pointed to a paper by Professor Ross Anderson, which argued for better funding of services working in child protection and warned that "the idea that complex social problems are amenable to cheap technical solutions is the siren song of the software salesman".
They want to spy on you. Today it is "for the children." Then it will be to "stop the extremists." Extremist being anyone who disagrees with the ruling powers? Do you like freedoms, such as free speech? Extremist. Are you Christian, Jewish, or pro-life? Extremist? Are you in favor of private property? ...
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