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Legislating Insecure Encryption

firewort writes: "Sen. Judd Gregg (R-New Hampshire), who called for global backdoors in encryption products in a floor speech last week, is readying legislation. This is another push for backdoors - but it seems that Gregg wants them to be used cautiously, only with permission from a US Supreme court appointed commission, subject to normal search and seizure rules." Representative Goodlatte, who has supported strong encryption before, is one of the few people speaking out against this.

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  1. First!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Yeah, I'm a dork.

  2. hi! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    hi! i am natalie portman! please contact me at 1-900-natalie!

  3. I thought the New Hampshire state motto was... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Live Free or Die.

    I guess I have it wrong.

  4. Did your last presentation flatline? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Then click on the advertisement at the top of the screen.

  5. WTC attack - an absurd Liberal myth by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    It amazes me that so many allegedly "educated" people have allowed themselves to be so swiftly deluded by a fraudulent fabrication of such ridiculous proportions. The very idea that not one, but two jumbo jets would crash themselves into a famous New York skyscraper -- in broad daylight with vigilant air-traffic controllers and tight airport security watching every move of every craft in the air -- is laughable. Furthermore, it is a horrendous affront to the world-renowned intellect and common sense of the American people. The fact that anyone could actually believe this is evidence that the Liberals -- after decades of waging war against intellectual integrity and honesty -- have finally ripped the few remaining, tenuous strands of control of our educational system from full-blooded, hard-working, God-fearing Americans.

    As such wonderful documentaries as The Siege have so articulately exposed, the Liberal masterminds in Berkeley and their toadies throughout the nation have been silently waging war against the American people and their God-given rights to protect themselves, their worship, their family values, and their hard work. Much of this has been conducted under the guise of preventing "terrorism", a meaningless word engineered by radical left-wingers specifically to bring fear into the heart of honest Americans. Think about it -- can you remember any reference to so-called "terrorism" that occurred before Liberals invaded our government offices in the last decade? Of course you can't, because despite whatever the revisionist histories may tell you, there is no mention of any "terrorism" in classic literature before 1980. Only then did the neo-Marxists invent such absurd figures as Timothy McVeigh and Osama Bin Laden in order to legitimize their anti-freedom agenda, drowning the spirit of the American people in a blatantly-engineered machine of fear and mourning for "victims" of these "terrorist attacks".

    In fact, it should be incredibly obvious that the concept of a 110-story building even being built, much less two, is a clear and obvious fraud. No documentation of these "twin towers" existed before a "terrorist attack" occured on the previously-nonexistent pair of skyscrapers on September the 11th. Due to this hoax being perpetrated by the Liberal-controlled media, suddenly people all over the world mourned the loss of thousands of people who had not existed before. Innocent men and women, brainwashed by the left-wing education institutions, gave firsthand accounts of losing relatives they never had until the "attack" happened.

    But the most outrageous aspect of this hoax is the "Pentagon" -- a government office fabricated especially for this purpose. Liberal media claims this imaginary building to be "the center of America's defense system", although obviously an organization as proud and God-fearing as the United States Military would never think to station themselves in a building of five sides, so obviously close to the pentagram, mark of Lucifer himself. It is insulting to the nation's intelligence that eight hundred members of the world's proudest institution would be made to meet their Lord by something as graceful, efficient, and secure as our country's fine aviation system.

    Don't let the devious tricks of the Liberals allow you, a citizen of the greatest nation this Earth has ever or will ever know, to surrender your freedoms. Any lesser nation would have succumbed to their wills long ago, and indeed the socialist states in Europe already have. It is only the superior resilience, pride, and intellect of America that has allowed it to withstand the constant threat of Liberal control.

    1. Re:WTC attack - an absurd Liberal myth by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Fnord!

  6. WRONG! WTC attack - an Illuminati conspiracy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Musings on the * 11 * Correlation (Mass Mind Control Cues?)

    * The date of the attack - 9/11 - 9+1+1=11

    * Phone number to report life threatening events = 911

    * Flight 11 hit the Twin Towers ("eleven - shaped" building)

    * Flight 11 had 92 on board : 9+2=11

    * Flight 77 had 65 on board : 6+5=11

    * September 11 th is the 254th day of the year 2+5+4=11

    * After September 11th there are 111 days left to the end of the year

    * State of New York - 11th state to be added to the Union

    * New York City - 11 letters

    * Afghanistan - 11 letters

    * The Pentagon - 11 letters

    * Date 9 - 11 - 1 : 9 x 111 = 999

    * The quatrain X.72 of Nostradamus, one of the world most famous persons from the 16th century: L'an mil neuf cent nonante neuf sept mois, Du ciel viendra um grand Roy d'effrayeur Ressusciter le grand Roy d'Angoulmois Avant après Mars regner par bonheur." Translated: the number 1 999 - a cryptic reference not necessarily the year 1999 - perhaps

    "the year of the millennium - 999" SEPT (the 7th month), from the sky will come a great frightning king. The great king of Angoulmois is revived. Before and after Mars reigns."

    * Sibyl of Prague, an old woman (17th century) "From the east a dragon will come, terrible to look at, because from its 9 times 99 eyes (1999?), mortal rays will be emitted and a poisonous air leaves its mouth".

    * Alois Irlmaier (1894-1959) was a simple Christian man who lived in Freilassing, Germany. During his life, he did several prophecies correctly, helping the police to discover criminals... etc. He spoke on the third war, and according to him, it would begin anywhere exactly after the murder of a big one near the Arabs and a murder in the Balkans. "I see three nines, but I don't know what this means.

    Read more about these amazing coincidences at the Watcher's website.

  7. Re:NO! DON'T CALL THAT NUMBER! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    He sure is hot then!

    /me fucks him in his Amidalic Ass!

  8. Re:Security by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You ARE the weakest link. Goodbye.

  9. Die Terrorist Scum by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    GOD BLESS THE USA
    By Lee Greenwood

    If tomorrow all the things were gone
    I'd worked for all my life
    And I had to start again
    With just my children and my wife
    I'd thank my lucky stars
    To be living here today
    Cause the flag still stands for freedom
    And they can't take that away

    And I'm proud to be an American
    Where at least I know I'm free
    But I won't forget the men who died
    Who gave that right to me
    And I gladly stand up
    Next to you
    And defend her still today
    Cause there ain't no doubt
    I love this land
    God Bless the U.S.A.

    From the lakes of Minnesota
    To the hills of Tennessee
    Across the plains of Texas
    From sea to shining sea
    From Detroit down to Houston
    And New York to L.A.
    There's pride in every American heart
    And it's time we stand and say

    That I'm proud to be an American
    Where at least I know I'm free
    And I won't forget the men who died
    Who gave that right to me
    And I gladly stand up
    Next to you
    And defend her still today
    Cause there ain't no doubt
    I love this land
    God Bless the U.S.A.

  10. NO! DONT CALL THAT NUMBER! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    It's really a long detailed verbal description of the of goatse.cx "reciever"!

  11. Cool! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I like the part about the pigskin and blood; shoving a couple pounds of pork lard up their ass and down their throat would be a good idea too.

  12. Re:Congress, Privacy and 1984 by chamoru16 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    you have substance

  13. Re:Congress, Privacy and 1984 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Ben Franklin never had a 767 fly in his fucking window. As such, I won't turn to him for much advice on how to handle this. thx.