[ExI] secrecy is power, was: RE: clarification

[John Clark]

On Thu, Jun 1, 2017 at 1:30 PM, Adrian Tymes <atymes at gmail.com> wrote:


> ​>> ​
> There is
> ​even ​
> more reason to worry now
> ​than​
> ​
> before November
> ​ ​
> 8. Trump's
> ​ ​
> Attorney General
> ​,​
> Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III
> ​, ​
> wants to force Silicon Valley companies to put backdoors in all their
> products so the government can snoop.
>
>
> ​> ​
> How is this news?  That's been the position of most of the top federal law
> enforcement going back to at least the Clinton presidency,
>

​It's not unusual for politicians to dislike encryption, they want to keep
their secrets from you but don't want you to be able to keep your secrets
from them. However none has gone as far as candidate Trump who tweeted:  ​


​"​
*Boycott all Apple products until such time as Apple gives cellphone info
to authorities*
​".

John K Clark​








> arguably Bush Senior (google "secret service cyberpunk" if you don't
> already know about their mishap in 1990 about a role playing game).
>
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