Untimely meditations

One man's thoughts, observations and rants

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  • Stand Up for Strong Security

    Stand Up for Strong Security

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    Joop Beris
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    Certain factions within the US Congress and the FBI are insisting on the government requiring US technology companies to grant the government special access to devices and cryptographic measures. In essence, they are asking for US technology to be insecure by design. Adding a backdoor for US government agencies is possible but there are serious…

  • EFF takes up call of Bits of Freedom

    EFF takes up call of Bits of Freedom

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    by

    Joop Beris
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    I linked to an article by Bits of Freedom last week, calling for international opposition against the latest plan by minister Ivo Opstelten. The plan can be summed up in brief as “Dutch police should be allowed to hack local and foreign computers and destroy data on them”. A very dangerous proposition with lots legal…