The EARN-IT Act-Prepare for another attack on encryption in the U.S.
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Sadly I think such reform won’t occur unless an unprecedented event occurs requiring such change, which I don’t see happening in the near future. The alternative being to inform the general public why this is important, which I see as even less probable.
I also wonder what continuity of government is like once DC gets locked down. Is the legislature prepared to operate remotely? Is it preparing? In 2020 I see no essential reason why physical presence should be required for lawmaking, but I haven't heard anything anywhere in the news, ever, about the infrastructure that'd be needed to support this kind of "remote work". Have I overlooked something?
With parliaments routinely having hundreds of MPs I'm not even sure how to appropriately hold a debate, given that telco etiquette goes down the drain already with a dozen participants - and that's not to speak on how to do the audio mix, you'd need extremely expensive audio mixers that can keep up with hundreds of inputs simultaneously.
The "mixing desk" would be virtual.
Probably the major cost would be provisioning backhaul, but who are we kidding, Verizon and Comcast would get the contract. Gouge like hell for it, too, in the best tradition of government contracting. But most of what happens in the process of legislating doesn't happen in the House and Senate chambers, and I do wonder how well that'd play out without anyone in physical proximity.