Five Eyes Bent On Killing Crypto

[ilsa.bartlett at gmail.com (ilsa)]

Any one on this list going to the dark evening of the soul
â??, Blackâ??
Hat get together in Santa Rosa the 27,
â??â??
8 this month?

If you are
â??goingâ??
we might g
â??o
 down together
â???â??

â??Hâ??
eavens, will they be giving out
â??"â??
black hats
â??"â??
or shall we each bring our own?
â??With â??
Germany dancing
â??lawmaking withâ??
Facebook on this issue.
â??Is there ever a time to  wonder about â??
Basic Control
â?? and the future of open communication around the globeâ??
. The fit makes tight places, not right places at all.  Send me a message
or a call if you
â??want to connect and attend.â??

With Respect and Gratitude,
â??ilsaâ??


On Jul 4, 2017 12:52 AM, "grarpamp" <grarpamp at gmail.com> wrote:

> https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/06/australia-to-tar
> get-encrypted-messaging-apps-at-upcoming-security-meeting/
> https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/five-eyes-stre
> ss-sharing-information-to-battle-relentless-terrorist-plots/
> article35486286/
> https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2017/06/five-eyes-unlimited
>
> This week, the political heads of the intelligence services of Canada,
> New Zealand, Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States (the
> "Five Eyes" alliance) met in Ottawa.  The Australian delegation
> entered the meeting saying publicly that they intended to "thwart the
> encryption of terrorist messaging." The final communiqué states more
> diplomatically that "Ministers and Attorneys General [...] noted that
> encryption can severely undermine public safety efforts by impeding
> lawful access to the content of communications during investigations
> into serious crimes, including terrorism. To address these issues, we
> committed to develop our engagement with communications and technology
> companies to explore shared solutions."
>
> What might their plan be? Is this yet another attempt to ban
> encryption? A combined effort to compel ISPs and Internet companies to
> weaken their secure products? At least one leader of a Five Eyes
> nation has been talking recently about increasing international
> engagement with technology companies â?? with a list of laws in her back
> pocket that are already capable of subverting encryption, and the
> entire basis of user trust in the Internet.
>
> Exporting Britain's Surveillance Regime
>
> Before she was elevated to the role of Prime Minister by the fallout
> from Brexit, Theresa May was the author of the UK's Investigatory
> Powers bill, which spelled out the UK's plans for mass surveillance in
> a post-Snowden world..........cont.....
>
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