[liberationtech] In defense of client-side encryption

[Tom O]

That's not a good enough reason to trust Germany.

They had the capability to create it and the audacity to implement it on
their own populace.

You know what the outrage taught them, learn to hide your tracks better.

Ensuring privacy is not a requirement of the state anymore, it's the
responsibility of the citizen.

On Tuesday, August 13, 2013, Arjen Kamphuis wrote:

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> On 08/13/2013 12:48 AM, Tom O wrote:
> > So re Germany bring the bastion of Internet freedom blah blah, are
> > we all forgetting about the Staatstrojaner?
>
> No we are not. But the difference between Germany and many other
> countries is the outrage and debate such information creates in the
> country. In the Netherlands when these kinds of things happen everyone
> just says: 'but I have nothing to hide'.
>
> Government assholes can be found in any country. It's how the
> population responds that makes the difference. When Govenor Bush took
> power in 2000 almost no-one protested. That was a big mistake. 'Drive
> it like you stole it' says the bumpersticker. And the Bush team did.
>
> I'm not saying everything is fine in Deutschland. Compared to any
> other western countries the population is just much more aware of the
> importance to say: stop! to their government every now and then.
> German churches still bear marks from bombs and bullets to remind them
> what ultimately happens when they don't.
>
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