http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=10/11/20/1437259
Thankfully, someone stopped the bill for now.
you are underestimating the dedication of private interests, and any effect they can have on government. echelon has been decrypting any radio wave communication out of new zealand all throughout the cold war. and it had a worldwide network. granted this was a military effort for a defense issue. however, it signifies how much money can be spent on these. if the see the need, they could spend trillions on server farms to decrypt data.
An important reason why private interests are trying to reduce internet or censor it is this :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source_governance
direct democracy initiatives had been taking off very fast. green party of canada, for example, got a huge boost with theirs. (even if it was derailed by the party leader when he realized it was threat to his party boss position later).
yet, apparently this has become a trend now :
http://www.metagovernment.org/ An umbrella group of numerous open source governance projects; now using the term collaborative governance
http://aktivdemokrati.se/ Aktivdemokrati (Swedish) — Direct democratic party, running for the parliament of Sweden
http://www.openpolitics.es/ Spanish Open Politics
http://zelea.com/project/votorola/home.xht Software for building consensus and reaching decisions on local, national and global levels.
the only society i would continue to live in, would be one with a direct democracy, and sufficient education/intellectual levels.
Thankfully, someone stopped the bill for now.
Quote:"Senator Wyden of Oregon has objected to a bill in committee that if passed would have given the government the ability to censor the Internet. His objection effectively stop its current passing forcing it to be introduced again if the bill is continue. Which it may not. Oregonians please send pats on the back to this man."
Quote:With encryption tools like Off the Record Messaging plugin for Pidgin, VPNs, HTTPS, it becomes very hard to decrypt messages if the sending and receiving system is well implemented. The only threat to our current systems of encryption is quantum computing, which won't be viable for 15 years by some estimates.
you are underestimating the dedication of private interests, and any effect they can have on government. echelon has been decrypting any radio wave communication out of new zealand all throughout the cold war. and it had a worldwide network. granted this was a military effort for a defense issue. however, it signifies how much money can be spent on these. if the see the need, they could spend trillions on server farms to decrypt data.
An important reason why private interests are trying to reduce internet or censor it is this :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source_governance
direct democracy initiatives had been taking off very fast. green party of canada, for example, got a huge boost with theirs. (even if it was derailed by the party leader when he realized it was threat to his party boss position later).
yet, apparently this has become a trend now :
http://www.metagovernment.org/ An umbrella group of numerous open source governance projects; now using the term collaborative governance
http://aktivdemokrati.se/ Aktivdemokrati (Swedish) — Direct democratic party, running for the parliament of Sweden
http://www.openpolitics.es/ Spanish Open Politics
http://zelea.com/project/votorola/home.xht Software for building consensus and reaching decisions on local, national and global levels.
the only society i would continue to live in, would be one with a direct democracy, and sufficient education/intellectual levels.