So we've moved from the clipper chip to, prospectively in the near future, the Clapper chip. History is trying to repeat itself, but this time we have legal precedent.
All this sort of tactic will do is result in irreparable damage to the tech sector and the US economy. No murders, rapes, child abductions, terrorist plots to destroy buildings, or whatever other specters they summon to haunt us will be prevented.
> On October 15, 2003, almost nine years after Bernstein first brought the case, the judge dismissed it and asked Bernstein to come back when the government made a "concrete threat".
I guess the threat's technically not here yet, but seems like it's right around the corner. djb, pack your bags for the ninth circuit.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernstein_v._United_States
https://blog.cr.yp.to/20160315-jefferson.html
All this sort of tactic will do is result in irreparable damage to the tech sector and the US economy. No murders, rapes, child abductions, terrorist plots to destroy buildings, or whatever other specters they summon to haunt us will be prevented.