Iām worried. While Obama tends to be cleverer on tech policy than most of the rest of the political elite, heās got a habit of bowing to the authorities when terrorist bogeymen are invoked.
At least I can be thankful heās not Hillary this time out - with her, I donāt think thereād be a question.
There are going to be so many boingers biting the bullet while they vote for Hillary that I expect a nationwide ammunition shortage.
Agreed. Heās much more conservative in these types of decisions than one might think initially. In many ways more so than Bush v2 on WoT, corporate influence & sadly, civil liberties. I asked Google for an example n found this site for more reading for those so inclined. I havenāt read it myself, but the bumper above the seam seems to purport to discuss those topics, so certainly not an endorsement & YMMV.
While yes, each new president since RayGun has expanded executive powers, but I thought the Big O was going to try to put that genie back in the bottle but nope. Imagine Nixon with this much executive powerā¦ or FDR
Aside from the āHopefully weāll manage to remember that the president doesnāt actually make lawsā issue; the one nice thing about the probably-bad āstatementā is that Obamaās political opponents treat everything he does with irrational frothing rage; even when itās exactly what they would have wanted.
If Obama expresses his concerns about the proliferation of encryption; even the sort of quislings who would line up to lick Comeyās boots will probably rush to get some before the sharia fascists can take it away.
āFulsomeā. Yep, right there on the Pinker āmost abused wordsā list that was posted a few days back.
Best and brightest, baby.
This has been a surprise to exactly no one who paid attention to Senator Obamaās vote to retroactively legalize warrantless wiretapping. After earlier promising a filibuster against it. AFAICT nothing has changed since then.
You know the old saying, āFool me in 2008, shame on you, fool me in 2012, shame on me??ā
Iām pretty sure there is plenty of shame to go aroundā¦ but yea, Iāll take another helping ; )
So how again does the American government propose to replace functional cryptography for online payment and banking?
- any cryptography with a āsecretā key isnāt functional
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