By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 13/10/2026But even if you're not worried about this, you should still have the object permanence to recall the lessons of NOBUS and the Bundestrojaner. 141
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 13/10/2026We can't make computer users more secure by making their computers less secure. It's hard to imagine something more insecure than a computer you entrust with every sensitive detail of your life that is *designed* to run computer code in secret that you can neither inspect nor terminate (or delete). 182
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 13/10/2026Hardly a day goes by without a country demanding your computer's security be weakened in the name of protecting you. For *years* both Conservative and Labour UK governments have been steaming towards a total ban on working encryption in the name of catching bad guys: pluralistic.net/2023/03/05/t...pluralistic.netThey’re still trying to ban cryptography – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow 161
