Subj : Re: Jeb Bush Comes Out Against Encryption To : Nightfox From : Mindless Automaton Date : Mon Aug 24 2015 09:27 am Subject: Re: Jeb Bush Comes Out Against Encryption @VIA: ELDRITCH @MSGID: <55DB1BA6.396.dove-netinternet@eldritch.darktech.org> @REPLY: <55D9F2A8.1869.dove_dove-int@digitaldistortionbbs.com> @TZ: ff10 On 8/23/2015 12:19 PM, Nightfox wrote: > Re: Jeb Bush Comes Out Against Encryption > By: physalis17 to All on Sat Aug 22 2015 14:23:14 > > ph> Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush said Tuesday that encryption > ph> makes it harder for law enforcement to track down "evildoers" - and called > ph> for a "much better, more cooperative relationship" with Apple, Google, and > ph> other tech companies that are building uncrackable private communication > ph> apps into their new products. > > I think this mainly confirms what I already know/suspected. Long ago, I heard > that the government got cell phone service companies to provide the government > a back door into their encrypted connections so that the government could > listen in to peoples' cell phone conversations. So I suppose Jeb Bush's > comment comes as no surprise, except perhaps that Jeb Bush revealed that they > actually are doing this. > Evil villains always need to gloat about their nefarious plans! Soon I will make myself the richest burgermeister in the world! Doh! -Mindless Automaton --- þ Synchronet þ Eldritch Clockwork BBS - eldritch.darktech.org * Origin: Time Warp of the Future BBS - Home of League 10 (1:340/400) .