Different explanations can be given for the same thing and both be right! Although privacy on the Internet is desired by most netizens, the downside, in part, can mean more undetectable activity by criminals or terrorists among others. Even the US government id divided on this topic.
The article below explains real-life examples.
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Good Netiquette And A Green Internet To All!
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Secretary Of
State: We Must Have A Secure Internet; Homeland Security Secretary: A Secure
Internet Makes Us All Less Safe – from techdirt.com
from the watch-out-for-the-buts dept
Secretary of State John Kerry gave a
speech in South Korea this week about the importance of an"open
and secure internet." Of course, that sounds a little
hypocritical coming from the very same government that is actively working to
undermine encryption, so it seems worth contrasting it with comments made from
Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson, in which he whines about a secure internet making
things better for terrorists. Kerry's speech is mostly good (with some caveats
that we'll get to), in talking about the importance of not freaking out over
moral panics and FUD:
Freedom. The United States believes
strongly in freedom – in freedom of expression, freedom of association, freedom
of choice. But particularly, this is important with respect to freedom of
expression, and you believe in that freedom of expression here in Korea. We want
that right for ourselves and we want that right for others even if we don’t
agree always with the views that others express. We understand that freedom of
expression is not a license to incite imminent violence. It’s not a license to
commit fraud. It’s not a license to indulge in libel, or sexually exploit
children. No. But we do know that some governments will use any excuse that
they can find to silence their critics and that those governments have
responded to the rise of the internet by stepping up their own efforts to
control what people read, see, write, and say.
This is truly a point of separation in our era – now, in the 21st century. It’s a point of separation between governments that want the internet to serve their citizens and those who seek to use or restrict access to the internet in order to control their citizens.
This is truly a point of separation in our era – now, in the 21st century. It’s a point of separation between governments that want the internet to serve their citizens and those who seek to use or restrict access to the internet in order to control their citizens.
That sounds good... until you
compare it to Kerry's cabinet partner Johnson, who was doing exactly what Kerry
said governments should not do:
“We are concerned that with deeper
and deeper encryption, the demands of the marketplace for greater
cybersecurity, deeper encryption in basic communications,” Johnson said on
MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” on Friday. “It is making it harder for the FBI and state
and local law enforcement to track crime, to track potential terrorist
activity.”
Let's not even bother with the
question of just what is "deeper and deeper encryption" or why we
should have someone who clearly doesn't understand encryption in charge of
Homeland Security. But it seems clear that Kerry and Johnson's views here are
quite different. Kerry is saying that "governments will use any excuse
they can" including bogus claims about "terrorism" and
"criminals" -- and yet that's exactly what Johnson is doing.
Of course, later in his speech, Kerry starts enumerating a similar list for any country to use, should they want to control speech as well:
First, no country should conduct or knowingly
support online activity that intentionally damages or impedes the use of
another country’s critical infrastructure. Second, no country should seek
either to prevent emergency teams from responding to a cybersecurity incident,
or allow its own teams to cause harm. Third, no country should conduct or
support cyber-enabled theft of intellectual property, trade secrets, or other
confidential business information for commercial gain. Fourth, every country
should mitigate malicious cyber activity emanating from its soil, and they
should do so in a transparent, accountable and cooperative way. And fifth, every
country should do what it can to help states that are victimized by a
cyberattack.Of course, later in his speech, Kerry starts enumerating a similar list for any country to use, should they want to control speech as well:
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