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June 4, 2015 10:00 pm
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/kM8KNg1SI6I/governments-of-the-world-agree-encryption-must-die
Governments of the World Agree: Encryption Must Die!
Lauren Weinstein writes: Finally! There's something that apparently virtually all governments around the world can actually agree upon. Unfortunately, it's on par conceptually with handing out hydrogen bombs as lottery prizes. If the drumbeat isn't actually coordinated, it might as well be. Around the world, in testimony before national legislatures and in countless interviews with media, government officials and their surrogates are proclaiming the > immediate need to 'do something' about encryption that law enforcement and other government agencies can't read on demand.Apropos: This IT World story (and the New York Times piece it draws from -- also published today) about a newly disclosed NSA program through which the agency is "is reportedly intercepting Internet communications from U.S. residents without getting court-ordered warrants."Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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