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0 pointsDanBC9y ago0 comments

Why do you think the government doesn't know? Why do you think they believe what they say?

This is just populist bullshit. It follows on from other populist bullshit.

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I think they don't know because I've never seen any of them describe encryption in a way that would suggest they know what they are talking about.

I don't doubt that someone in government knows. Probably an entry level staffer. But whenever technology comes up (such as blocking types of content from the internet) the policy is always utterly ham fisted.

brokenmachine9y ago

I agree that the policies are always ham fisted, but I'm not sure how you could have a policy that achieves the goal of blocking specific "bad sites" without it being ham fisted.

How would you achieve the goal of coming up with a non-ham fisted technical solution to a ham fisted problem?

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untog9y ago

I think they don't know because I've never seen any of them describe encryption in a way that would suggest they know what they are talking about.

brokenmachine9y ago

I agree that the policies are always ham fisted, but I'm not sure how you could have a policy that achieves the goal of blocking specific "bad sites" without it being ham fisted.

How would you achieve the goal of coming up with a non-ham fisted technical solution to a ham fisted problem?

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