The basic issue that they are deciding on is that source code is protected by free speech. That is a really important win for privacy advocates as well as the free source folks.
I think that another reasonable defense is that using crypto is just protecting your right not to testify against yourself and that the government demanding backdoors in crypto algorithms is an unreasonable search.
Personally, if the government wants to protect me from criminals, I'd much rather have them restrict access to guns than encryption. Encryption doesn't kill or hurt anyone. *Smile*
While I am wishing away, I hope that the EU forces the US to accept their better personal information laws. Currently, we have almost no protections against anyone selling information that they collect for legitimate purposes. I find the reports of government agencies selling income information to be horrid.
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The basic issue that they are deciding on is that source code is protected by free speech. That is a really important win for privacy advocates as well as the free source folks.
I think that another reasonable defense is that using crypto is just protecting your right not to testify against yourself and that the government demanding backdoors in crypto algorithms is an unreasonable search.
Personally, if the government wants to protect me from criminals, I'd much rather have them restrict access to guns than encryption. Encryption doesn't kill or hurt anyone. *Smile*
While I am wishing away, I hope that the EU forces the US to accept their better personal information laws. Currently, we have almost no protections against anyone selling information that they collect for legitimate purposes. I find the reports of government agencies selling income information to be horrid.