President Obama,<\/p>\n
You\u2019re fear of encryption is dangerously misguided.<\/p>\n
The stronger the security and encryption of our digital information, the safer we will be as a nation and as individual citizens of this (and every other) country.<\/p>\n
As Benjamin Franklin said, \u201cThose who surrender freedom for security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one.\u201d<\/p>\n
If the United States Government can steal our most private thoughts and use them against us, so can every other government (and hacker) around the world. That is not security, it is the recipe for international chaos.\u00a0It is also the final desperate surrender\u00a0of the freedoms of speech, thought, and expression we have fought so hard to protect\u00a0as a nation.<\/p>\n
If you really want to stop terrorism, you don\u2019t need to stop encryption, you need to stop supporting oil-rich, third-world dictatorship that breed suicidal terrorists.<\/p>\n
Do your job and protect\u00a0the People of America, instead of feeding the cancerous Military Industrial complex past presidents warned us\u00a0about.<\/p>\n
Thank you,<\/p>\n
The People of Earth<\/p>\n
PS.\u00a0If that doesn\u2019t convince you, let me put it in terms of our current political debate: \u201cDo you really feel safer knowing\u00a0President Obama (or Trump or Clinton) can read\u00a0your diary and\u00a0medical records\u2026 and drop a bomb\u00a0on you if they don\u2019t like what they\u00a0find?\u201d<\/p>\n
Do Something:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Contact the Obama White House online to\u00a0comment on strong encryption<\/a>.<\/p>\n Contact your state\u00a0Senators and Representatives<\/a>\u00a0via the contact information supplied by ContactingTheCongress.org.<\/p>\n Contact Senators\u00a0Richard Burr<\/a>\u00a0(R-NC) and\u00a0Dianne Feinstein<\/a>\u00a0(D-CA) about\u00a0their bill<\/a>\u00a0intended to force companies to weaken or work around encryption.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" President Obama, You\u2019re fear of encryption is dangerously misguided. The stronger the security and encryption of our digital information, the safer we will be as a nation and as individual citizens of this (and every other) country. As Benjamin Franklin … Continue reading