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Keep Encryption Alive for Our Technology

jrswabPosted for Everyone to comment on, 4 years ago

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The EARN IT Act is an acronym for Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies Act. This bill was proposed by Lindsey Graham (R) and Richard Blumenthal (D) in order to combated child exploitation online.

This sounds like a good idea to everyone until we dig into the depths of the bill and find that there is much more than protecting children.

It opens the door for the government to require new measures to screen users’ speech and even backdoors to read your private communications - EFF

Encryption is important to all of us. Without it, we are shouting our ideas and personal information from the tops of mountains.

... it’s easy to predict that [the Attorney General] would use EARN IT to demand that providers of end-to-end encrypted communication give law enforcement officers a way to access users’ encrypted messages. - EFF

Sign this petition to get the word out that we don't want to loose our digital freedom.

Other Links From Around the Web:

Electronic Frontier Foundation
WIRED
Schneier On Security
Action Network

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