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minus-squaremox@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up37·22 hours agoEnd-to-end encryption is indispensable. Our legislators (no matter where we live) need to be made to understand this next time they try to outlaw it.
minus-squareSemi-Hemi-Lemmygod@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·21 hours ago“So it’s like a filter on the tubes?” - Our legislators
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·43 minutes agoEw. Think of it like this: no encryption - sending a postcard client to sever encryption - dropping off the postcard at the post office instead of the mailbox end to end encryption - security envelope in the mailbox read receipts - registered mail Hopefully you’re less wrong now Mr/Mrs legislator.
minus-squarepdxfed@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·20 hours ago“you wouldn’t put a dump truck full of movies on a snowy road without chains on the tires would you?”
minus-squarejagged_circle@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 hours agoI’m a cryptographer in Florida, and now I’m more confused
End-to-end encryption is indispensable. Our legislators (no matter where we live) need to be made to understand this next time they try to outlaw it.
“So it’s like a filter on the tubes?” - Our legislators
Ew.
Think of it like this:
Hopefully you’re less wrong now Mr/Mrs legislator.
“you wouldn’t put a dump truck full of movies on a snowy road without chains on the tires would you?”
I’m a cryptographer in Florida, and now I’m more confused