[liberationtech] Adds on "EARN IT Act" (U.S.)

[Robert Mathews (OSIA)]

On 3/7/20 9:41 PM, Greg Maxwell wrote:
> FWIW, the author of that article is the former general council for the
> NSA and both he and and his firm have a more than 25 year history[1]
> of advocacy  against the public's access to effective, non-backdoored,
> cryptography.
>
> The article attempts to argue that EARN IT isn't a move against the
> public's access to end to end encryption, but I view the fact that
> Stewart Baker has bothered writing on it to be pretty strong sign--
> more than anything else I've seen so far-- that at attack on the
> availability of end-to-end encryption is exactly what it is.
>
> [1] https://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/classes/6.805/articles/clipper/ny-debate-jan-19-95.txt

*Dear Greg: * You have shared a very good point, indeed... and thank
you, for that!

The brief list that I posted just before, was to simply share the type
of argumentations now being presented from various directions.  Needless
to say, all of this, and much more - is publicly available.  It remains
my hope that our posts might stimulate a healthy and diverse discussion
on the prospective role of encryption -- going forward. 

For instance, the proposed legislation, should it become law, will
direct the U.S. Attorney General to be both AGENT and ARBITER in the
preservation of "government's interest".  To that end, the AG is to be
empowered to adduce and make changes to "best practices" - proposed by
the 'to be seated' 15 member Commission.   We could therefore, ask: how 
such a proposition could characteristically alter the nature and the
role of "government" (of the people, by the people, and for the people),
governance structures and powers (enumerated, implied and inherent)?

Adjacently, I would like to note that one of the sponsors of the bill
had once proposed that the U.S. must have a Privacy Law, "...as strong
as California's".
(https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-privacy-congress/key-senator-says-federal-privacy-bill-should-be-as-strong-as-californias-idUSKBN1QT2IC).

Lastly Greg, I have dared to share my sentiment on the proposal (such as
it is), as the ending statement, in the previous post.

All my best.
--
/
Dr. Robert Mathews, D.Phil.
Principal Technologist &
//Distinguished Senior Research Scholar//
//Office of Scientific Inquiry & Applications (OSIA)//
//University of Hawai'i/
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