The American Democrats (the Hillary Clinton party) seem to have strange ideas for the internet. In ABC News's Talk of Presidential election this evening, the candidates were rather vague, and marginally illiterate in technology. Especially Hillary Clinton.
It all started when ABC asked her a silly question, calling encryption a "terrorist tool used in attacks of Paris." (!!!!)
In response, Hillary Clinton said that instead of breaking the encryption, the United States should launch a kind of "Manhattan project" that would "bring government and tech communities together" so that law enforcement could to "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.)
Improve the exchange of information between industry and government intelligence services? (We already have PRISM and CISA.)
Clinton's response here was disarming: "Do not worry about the details, the experts understand them."
“It's no good if terrorists can have encrypted communications that law enforcement can't crack before or after. There has to be some way. I don't know enough about technology to be able to tell who it is, but I have a big one confidence to our experts.”
Aaaaaaaand 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 new technologies, I think the people who create these products have an obligation to approach law enforcement to understand.”
Source TheVerge
