Laws & Technology
I have nothing to hide... I'm sure many of you have heard about the EARN IT Act and the LAED Act before. I know I have, but what I haven't heard much about is what can we do about it? Now if this is your first time hearing about this, there's a little you should know. Lindsey Graham a Senator for South Carolina, which for the uninitiated has said that he thinks " Congress might need to explore the need to limit some forms of freedom of speech " (Source) or after it was revealed that the NSA was conducting Global Surveillance said he was " glad " (Source) the NSA was collecting phone records of Americas, has proposed both the EARN IT and LAED Act. Which put very, very simply, if we take into account the Internet Societies opinion of " Effective encryption is key to secure online communications for everything... a foundational component upon which a trustworthy Internet is built " (Source) , would ruin that for everyone. These new bills ap
