They’re coming for our encryption. It was only a matter of time.
September 30th, 2009 at 12:18 pm
Freedom to Tinker has the story today about bills introduced in a number of states that seek to prohibit the use of encryption by home internet users.
The underlying message here is simple: You must expose yourself to surveillance. You may not take any steps to defend yourself against state or corporate incursion into your privacy.
This reminds me of the order in Seattle back in 1999 that made gas masks illegal. The thought process seems the same: Your communication data and your muccous membranes must be exposed to the state so that they can be utilized to control you.
http://freedom-to-tinker.com/blog/felten/use-firewall-go-jail
