Privacy is a human right. Surveillance is a cancer.
The latest push towards banning "warrant-proof encryption" (more accurately described as mandating "no encryption") is not only technologically flawed, it is morally flawed.
The latest push towards banning "warrant-proof encryption" (more accurately described as mandating "no encryption") is not only technologically flawed, it is morally flawed.
Disappointing to see representatives from Canada @BillBlair sharing a podium where others are pushing for authoritarian surveillance policies that will make us all less safe and harm some of the most marginalized in our society.
We have ample evidence that employees at tech companies abuse their access to track people, spy on ex-girlfriends, censor queer communities, harm sex workers & stalk.
Why would you be against technologies that prevent that? Why do you want to make people less safe?
Why would you be against technologies that prevent that? Why do you want to make people less safe?
Mind boggling to me that anyone would be on the side of handing such ridiculous power to a shadowy cabal of tech companies who have done everything to demonstrate they are incapable of applying a filter to a photo without building a surveillance system and then getting hacked.
If you want a logically consistent position on this issue then the only one is to encourage "dark web technologies" everywhere.
Resist centralization, encourage small & safe online communities, lock out the abusers who would surveil and censor.
Resist centralization, encourage small & safe online communities, lock out the abusers who would surveil and censor.
These schemes won't end with social media companies, they are already being used to chill public access to encryption, stand alone apps won't be fair behind.
This is a push to make everyone more vulnerable to those with the technical ability to stalk.
This is a push to make everyone more vulnerable to those with the technical ability to stalk.
Domestic violence is increasingly becoming technology oriented.
Research suggests that domestic violence is up to four times higher in the law-enforcement community than in the general population.
Law enforcement are pushing for bans on encryption.
Those are facts.
Research suggests that domestic violence is up to four times higher in the law-enforcement community than in the general population.
Law enforcement are pushing for bans on encryption.
Those are facts.
Are cops pushing for bans to encryption to make their victims more vulnerable and less able to escape abusive situations?
Is a question the media should be asking repeatedly.
Is a question the media should be asking repeatedly.
You know what else "warrant-proof encryption" is used for? Whistleblowing.
It's no co-incidence that the same organizations that have their abuses of power brought to light by whistleblowers are the ones demanding restrictions on encryption.
It's no co-incidence that the same organizations that have their abuses of power brought to light by whistleblowers are the ones demanding restrictions on encryption.
Those that seek to ban encryption - what are they trying to hide? What are they trying to cover up?
When we seek to contrast safety as opposed to privacy we neglect those who require privacy from those who are supposed to protect them.
When the protectors are the abusers (i.e. the most common case for abusers), then the destruction of privacy becomes a mandate for abuse.
When the protectors are the abusers (i.e. the most common case for abusers), then the destruction of privacy becomes a mandate for abuse.
Hell, there is ample evidence that surveillance regimes for children are not just stifling and prone to abuse, but actively places children in increased danger e.g. see how bad tracking watches for children are.
I refuse to be beat over the head with senseless, fallacious agenda-driven statistics when there are real, objective numbers out there that tell a completely different story.
Any government official peddling that false narrative is a danger to all of us.
Any government official peddling that false narrative is a danger to all of us.
