<story><title>Banning E2EE is stupid</title><url>https://github.com/davidchisnall/banning-e2ee-is-stupid</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>no_time</author><text>Arguing in good faith against the lawmakers who are perfectly aware of the the gaping holes in their own arguments is too common in this field IMO.&lt;p&gt;If we want to protect the right to encryption and (pseudo)anonimity to the degree we have it now, we have to appeal to emotion. Just like how &amp;quot;child advocacy&amp;quot; groups tried to make you into a monster if you think blanket scanning of all data on our computing devices is a bit too far gone.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>Cthulhu_</author><text>The challenge there is that &amp;quot;protect the children&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;terrorists&amp;quot; weigh more heavily on a moral level than &amp;quot;protect my privacy&amp;quot;.</text></comment>
<story><title>Banning E2EE is stupid</title><url>https://github.com/davidchisnall/banning-e2ee-is-stupid</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>no_time</author><text>Arguing in good faith against the lawmakers who are perfectly aware of the the gaping holes in their own arguments is too common in this field IMO.&lt;p&gt;If we want to protect the right to encryption and (pseudo)anonimity to the degree we have it now, we have to appeal to emotion. Just like how &amp;quot;child advocacy&amp;quot; groups tried to make you into a monster if you think blanket scanning of all data on our computing devices is a bit too far gone.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>j45</author><text>Some argue you have to appeal to lawmakers to make a law that prevents breaking encryption.  Perhaps the avoidance of political engagement by tech inclined folks is contributing to or at least allowing some of this to progress a lot eaiser.&lt;p&gt;A key part of this issue is learning about the frequency with which this type of legislation is brought up over and over again and how it might be new to some not not everyone.&lt;p&gt;Perhaps bureaucracies are counting on people relatively new to encryption erosion not having context that they are far from alone.</text></comment>