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Could ACTA be about banning encryption?
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noauth
Dec 10, 2009, 1:34:14 AM12/10/09
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I was wondering, the U.S. is pressuring, err negotiating a treaty on
copyright protections called ACTA with both developed (Europe) and
developing nations (India, China, Brazil). Some parts of ACTA have
leaked out, but I'm wondering if the real deal is about banning
encryption on a worldwide basis. After all, it's only a matter of time
before citizens start using encryption on a massive scale turning the
intelligence agencies blind and deaf and making the governments unable
to sense what their denizens are up to. Banning encryption wouldn't
work if only a single trading block did this, since the Internet is
trans-national. The entire world will have to act at once if this is to
have any chance of success. And the thing is: they'll probably package
the banning of encryption in copyright law, supposedly to prevent
people from trading illegal files without anyone knowing or being able
to prove it without a reasonable doubt.
copyright protections called ACTA with both developed (Europe) and
developing nations (India, China, Brazil). Some parts of ACTA have
leaked out, but I'm wondering if the real deal is about banning
encryption on a worldwide basis. After all, it's only a matter of time
before citizens start using encryption on a massive scale turning the
intelligence agencies blind and deaf and making the governments unable
to sense what their denizens are up to. Banning encryption wouldn't
work if only a single trading block did this, since the Internet is
trans-national. The entire world will have to act at once if this is to
have any chance of success. And the thing is: they'll probably package
the banning of encryption in copyright law, supposedly to prevent
people from trading illegal files without anyone knowing or being able
to prove it without a reasonable doubt.
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Klingsor
Dec 10, 2009, 4:43:24 AM12/10/09
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How do you imagine they would go about banning encryption?
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Klingsor
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