If the US government dictating iPhone encryption design sounds ok to you, ask yourself how you'll feel when China demands the same.
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Replying to @matthew_d_green
The US government already regulates the electrical design of the phone, its chemical composition, whether it can cause cancer in California and so on. I think you have to make an argument about actual harms, not just the China angle.
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Replying to @Pinboard @matthew_d_green
Concretely, why does it hurt me if my democratically elected government sets encryption policy rather than some rando at Apple (the status quo)? I think the argument can go through, but it requires more effort than just scaring people with regulation.
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Replying to @Pinboard @matthew_d_green
Isn’t that a false dichotomy? It’s not “some rando at Apple” vs the government, it’s the government or whoever decides to make a phone, device? (Meaning you could have endless options).
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Replying to @davidmeh @matthew_d_green
I would agree with you if there was a choice of devices. But to me this argument on encryption ties into tech concentration and oligopoly, so it really is the US government vs. large state-like corporate actors fighting over who controls your device.
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Replying to @Pinboard @matthew_d_green
I don’t think the government has done a good job demonstrating that they can make technologically sophisticated policy? Isn’t it a better use of our time to focus on the oligopolies than hand over the reigns to a state, vastly influenced by lobbyists?
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Replying to @davidmeh @matthew_d_green
I don't agree with you. We have a very safe air travel system and electrical grid as two examples, and both are highly technical fields regulated up to the eyeballs
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Replying to @Pinboard @matthew_d_green
That’s a great point, I’ll have to think about that one. Appreciate you helping clarify your POV to me. Thanks!
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No worries, thanks for listening!
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