The great thing about Trump appointing "pro crypto" positions in the USG is that the supposed freedom camp is too busy celebrating their bags being pumped to care about what an administration of natsec goons means for their privacy.
Here's Joni Ernst's take on encryption and the fourth amendment, who will lead the Senate Caucus for Congress' collaboration with Elon Musk's DOGE.
Libertad Carajo alright, you dumb fucking morons.
Stupid question: If the data is encrypted well, wouldn’t it be a non-issue since USG would not be able to access it?
They call it client side scanning – their idea is to scan messages for "illegal content" before they are being sent (i.e. right on your phone, before they are encrypted).
It's proposed in the EU with Chat Control, in the UK with the Online Safety Bill, and proposed in the US with the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) and the EARN IT Act, both of which are cosponsored by Ernst.
It's so important using opensource operating systems and opensource software in general as well as taking care of your own data managing (the cloud is someone else's computer) and data encryption and managing your online identity.
Wow, that sounds super sketch!! Thanks for the info, I had no idea such shenanigans were afoot
Watch him not free ross day 1 and all hell breaks loose
It takes zero political capital for him to free ross, so i doubt that he'd be stupid enough to betray the trust of one of his most loyal voter bases for something that's of zero consequence to him.
On the other hand he can't run for reelection, so he might actually just not give a shit. Would still be insanely stupid though.
Agree with you on how stupid it would be, I’d put a non-zero probability on it tho
One of Trump's favorite pasttimes is humiliating his own supporters, and making them say Thank You for forcing them to eat shit. He has never exhibited any obligation to his promises, and it would be totally within his character to not follow through on his word. Don't be surprised when it happens.
"I doubt he'd betray the trust of his most loyal base..."
1 month later: $Trump Tuah coin
Yeah, it would have been so much better with Kamala (/s).
Learn to take a win. Doesn't mean the war is over.
Talk to me when you are done sucking government balls
Not just arrogant (original post) but also rude and vulgar.
Not very ladylike. It doesn't suit anyone, least of all a woman.
I would also like to see you talking like that to my face.
Behave, woman.
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Exactly!
Joni Ernst is bad news
