Prez and Irish PM sign e-commerce note

Ray Dassen writes "Wired reports, that the US president and the Irish Prime Minister digitally signed a a joint communiqué on e-commerce. Dare we hope politicians start understanding the basics of cryptography, and the right to privacy? "
Hopefully, but probably not. I think this will be a mainly symbolic thing, and that they are trying to reinforce the usage of digital sigs.