[ale] Well isn't this special

[Derek Atkins]

"Watson, Keith" <krwatson at cc.gatech.edu> writes:

> At first I thought it was a hoax or April Fools joke. It's not.
>
> Government Seeks Back Door Into All Our Communications
> http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/09/government-seeks
>
> U.S. Tries to Make It Easier to Wiretap the Internet
> https://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/27/us/27wiretap.html

Nope, not a joke or a hoax.  It's 1993 all over again.  Remember the
Clinton-era "Clipper Chip" initiative?  This is pretty much the same
construct with different icing.

We successfully staved off that initiative last time; it's going to be
harder this time with all the fear people have been fed for the past
decade.

> keith

-derek

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