Dropsafe

by Alec Muffett

Are you an “encryption extremist?” If you’re not, perhaps you should be?

One of the people who is most opposed to giving better data privacy and security to 1.3 billion people, is a noted child safety advocate in Australia.

He writes breathlessly of the Twitter Community Note that has become attached to the UK National Crime Authority tweet of yesterday; apparently it’s extremist to point out the benefits of encryption and to cite a government regulator’s opinion.

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One response to “Are you an “encryption extremist?” If you’re not, perhaps you should be?”

  1. Phil Burg (he/him)

    @alecm Poor old Mike Salter.My wife knows him in a semi-professional sense – he’s an excellent criminologist with a passion for protecting kids, but he’s absolutely convinced that us mere techies can’t understand the social implications of his preferred encryption policies because reasons.

    I tried to engage him a few times on Twitter but I’m pretty sure he had me on mute.

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