Today's kids need end-to-end encryption

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21 pointsjMyles4 comments

While true, I would augment the title to suggest that everyone needs e2e encryption.

I find it disheartening to think that almost all communication I see and engage in on a daily basis is owned by various for-profit companies, whether it is Twitter or Discord or Reddit or Google. Having actual 'private' conversions with everyday people (that use everyday software) seems almost impossible.

I absolutely agree. And I generally find "think of the children!" arguments to be nauseating.

In this case, though, I'm responding directly to the case being made both in the Department of Justice and in Congress, which is ostensibly about protecting kids from online predators.

Finally someone who turns the "think of the kids" argument around and uses it for good!

Yeah, I mean I tried to make it a very moderate "think of the kids" argument - it's mostly "think of the future", rather than about any specific scenario involving kids.

But yeah, I think we need to push back on the narrative in Washington that law enforcement, rather than genuine privacy tech, is what's good for kids.

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