The US Democrats (Hillary Clinton's party) seem to have strange ideas about the internet. On tonight's ABC News presidential debate elections, the candidates were quite vague, and borderline technologically illiterate. Especially Hillary Clinton.
It all started when ABC asked her a silly question, describing the encryption as "a terrorist tool used in the Paris attacks." (!!!!)
In response, Hillary Clinton said that instead of breaking encryption, the US should launch a kind of "Manhattan project” which will “bring the government and its communities technology together,” so law enforcement can “prevent attacks.”
"Maybe the back door isn't the right door, and I understand what Apple and others are saying about that," Hillary Clinton said.
"I just think there has to be a way, and I would like to hope that our technology companies could work with the government to help it understand."
Naturally none of the above makes sense.
To find a way to do what? Do they completely encrypt encrypted communications? (This is called back door.)
To improve the counterchange information between industry and government intelligence? (We already have PRISM and CISA.)
Clinton's response here was disarming: "Do not worry about the details, the experts understand them."
"It's not good if terrorists can have encrypted communications that law enforcement can not break before or after. There must be a way. I do not know enough about technology to be able to say who it is, but I have great confidence in our experts. "
Aaaaaaaaand Hillary just terrified everyone with an internet connection. #DemDebate
- Edward Snowden (@Snowden) December 20, 2015
Her opponent didn't make it better. Martin O'Malley, former governor of Maryland, expressed on the "stage" a vague meditation on ... something.
At least he was a layman.
"We all have to figure it out together," O'Malley said. “The way things work in modern times? we actually need to gather around a table and figure it out. With the new ones technologies, πιστεύω ότι οι άνθρωποι που δημιουργούν αυτά τα προϊόντα έχουν την υποχρέωση να πλησιάσουν τις αρχές επιβολής του νόμου για να καταλάβουν.”
Source TheVerge