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US Tech Giants Ask Obama Not To Compromise Encryption
An anonymous reader writes: Two industry bodies which represent Microsoft, Apple, Facebook, IBM, and others, have written to President Obama urging that the U.S. government not seek to legislate "official back doors" into encryption techniques. The Software and Information Industry Association and the Information Technology Industry Council sent the "strongly worded" letter on Monday, saying, "Consumer trust in digital products and services is an essential component enabling continued economic growth of the online marketplace. Accordingly, we urge you not to pursue any policy or proposal that would require or encourage companies to weaken these technologies, including the weakening of encryption or creating encryption 'work-arounds.'" The letter is the latest salvo in a public battle for secure communications, one that has reached the public eye in a way that few security stories do.
How about Iceland? Lots of privacy, and plenty of cooling for data centers... Either way, when exports become hard, companies can just leave.
Why not Iceland?
Too many damned diacritical marks for one thing.
Faster! Faster! Faster would be better!
Large corporations writing a secret treaty that won't be revealed until it has already been voted into law. Mass spying programs overseen by a secret court responsible to nothing and no one.
Shenanigans like this wouldn't be happening if a Democrat were in office.