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1 posted on 05/19/2015 3:27:56 PM PDT by Swordmaker
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2 posted on 05/19/2015 3:31:12 PM PDT by Swordmaker ( This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users contnue...)
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To: Swordmaker

You voted for him. You go to Hell with him.


3 posted on 05/19/2015 3:31:28 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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"The Washington Post, a coalition of tech firms, security experts and others appeal to the White House to protect privacy rights as it considers how to address law enforcement’s need to access data"

Aw shucks that's funny! Let me know when law enforcement gets a crack at Hillary's server?

6 posted on 05/19/2015 3:33:11 PM PDT by blackdog (There is no such thing as healing, only a balance between destructive and constructive forces.)
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I’m talking about the leftists who live in Silicon Valley.

They supported Barry so it’s not my problem they get screwed by him and fedzilla.


9 posted on 05/19/2015 3:40:14 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: Swordmaker

If we compromise data security for our own government, we also are compromising our data security against hackers, spies, and criminals both foreign and domestic.

Imagine if the government required every deadbolt to accept a certain master key so they could open it. How long would it take for burglars to create their own copy of that key? Or what if the government required every vault to open with a certain “master combination”. Would you trust any bank to hold your valuables, knowing that it was just a matter of time before thieves figured out the code?

Until the government can guarantee our security, it has no reasonable standing to ask us to compromise our ability to secure ourselves. If we do that, then nothing is going to protect us.


10 posted on 05/19/2015 3:46:26 PM PDT by Boogieman
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“FBI Director James B. Comey has expressed concern that the growing use of encrypted technologies is hindering the ability of law enforcement agencies to do their jobs.”

Wrong answer...

It’s their “JOBS” to enforce the law within the confines of the Bill of rights.


11 posted on 05/19/2015 3:46:28 PM PDT by babygene (.)
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To: Swordmaker

It’s my personal property and jack booted thugs have no right to anything contained in it or that is transmitted through it.


18 posted on 05/19/2015 4:20:48 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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Anybody who refuses to honor a warrant can sit in jail forever if he doesn’t cough up the password.
So...

I think it’s the encrypted stuff that Apple, Google, etc have on the phone that they want to keep secret- and the government wants to know.
If their customers ever found out the how closely Apple, Google, etc. were spying on them they’d sue.


19 posted on 05/19/2015 4:22:49 PM PDT by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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To: Swordmaker
In a letter to be sent Tuesday and obtained by The Washington Post, a coalition of tech firms, security experts and others appeal to the White House to protect privacy rights as it considers how to address law enforcement’s need to access data that is increasingly encrypted.

The criminals in charge of our government really need to learn the difference between the word "need" and "desire". The two words are no synonyms..

As far as I'm concerned they can just bugger off and spend some time actually reading the constitution for a change. They can wave around all the boogiemen they want. I am no longer listening to their crap and lies.

28 posted on 05/19/2015 5:21:46 PM PDT by zeugma (Are there more nearby spiders than the sun is big?)
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Historically, information would travel between two parties in a sealed envelope, not subject to government inspection without a warrant. How is this any different?


37 posted on 05/19/2015 6:34:10 PM PDT by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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47 posted on 05/20/2015 3:47:48 AM PDT by ShadowAce (Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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