Lighter side: Portrait
of the new Prez.
- Continuation of Monday's crypto policy discussion:
what knowledge should be forbidden, hidden or protected? What IF, in the
future:
- ? I have instructions on how to rig the Internet-based election
system for the 2008 presidential election ?
- ? I have identified a back-door into some AES implementations
that enable eavesdropping on secure data transmission ?
- ? I have discovered a way of quickly bypassing the access
controls on the (new, better) encryption for online music and
digital movies ?
- ? There is a quick and easy way to bypass standard
censorware found in schools, homes and libraries everywhere ?
- ? Someone manages to get all the passcodes to your online
banking web site ?
What's the problem with Brin's vision (p. 174): "Picture an arena
where adversaries can no longer scream past each other, but must
actively answer each other's accusations, criticisms, and complaints.
A place where one group's vision, or model of the world, can be
tested, dented by criticism, and possibly improved under the watchful
gaze of an interested public."
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