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Quote by: Compugasm I'm disappointed that there has yet to be one person on this board posting with even a hint of reason. SteveA, giving up programming, and itch trigger fingers. Good grief. If everyone seriously thinks the government is going to poor over every program and line of code... At least make an attempt to try to find out what's going on, because you all sound rather silly right now. |
It might be silly but the threat is a real one. Look at that PGP program that the State department was all up in arms about a few years ago. It allowed people to encrypt messages so the government couldn't intercept them and read them. If the government didn't think they may want to do that why all the fuss?
If we are indeed heading for a police state, this is one of the things such a state would want to do and it makes good sense that they would try to determine what they can gain control over BEFORE such a move is made.
Years ago, it was said that one of the things that brought down the Soviet Union was the simple fax machine. I'm sure if the state regained the control they once had they would make damn sure those fax machines were made completely transparent to government snoops.
Remember the old saying, "just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're NOT out to get you."