As New York looks to ban encrypted smartphones, here's what you can do

[FLPanhandle]

http://www.zdnet.com/article/new-york-to-ban-encrypted-iphone-android-devices-what-you-can-do/

Democracy for New Yorkers just got a little bit easier, and it couldn't come at a more crucial juncture.

A proposed bill in New York aims to require that all smartphones sold in the state can be decrypted or unlocked by law enforcement. The bill, currently in the senate's committee stage, must pass through both New York's state senate and assembly in order to become law.

ZDNet's Liam Tung had the details:

"Apple and Google could face fines of $2,500 per device sold in the state after January 1, 2016, if a retailer knowingly sold a smartphone that could not be unlocked or decrypted by the device manufacturer or operating-system provider."

The proposed bill comes as lawmakers and SIlicon Valley tech giants are figuring out how to come to a compromise on device encryption without handing over the keys to the government, or giving its law enforcement and intelligence agencies unfettered access.


The debate continues to roll on, sparked in part by by Apple's move to encrypt data by default on its most recent iPhones and iPads. Google also followed suit with some of its Android phones.

Here's what you can do.

https://www.nysenate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/state-senate-completes-historic-21st-century-re-launch-its-official-public

The New York Senate's new website, written about in The New York Times and Politico, lands with a set of virtual voting buttons, which give New York residents the ability to register their views on a bill with "aye" or "nay" buttons.

The aim is when a senator comes to vote, they can see from their website's dashboards which way their constituents want their lawmaker to vote. The submitted tallies are relayed to senators' private websites, powered by open-source platform Drupal 7, who can see in aggregate which side of the public opinion they should be on.

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Safety is always used as the reason for giving up privacy.

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1. Huh, what?

Democracy for New Yorkers just got a little bit easier, and it couldn't come at a more crucial juncture.

A proposed bill in New York aims to require that all smartphones sold in the state can be decrypted or unlocked by law enforcement. The bill, currently in the senate's committee stage, must pass through both New York's state senate and assembly in order to become law.

How does the first sentence jibe with the second?

[NutmegYankee]

3. First sentence alludes to the new voting feature for citizens to voice their opinion.

It's a few paragraphs into the article.

[Downwinder]

2. Buy a smartphone

when you go to Virginia to buy a gun.

[Wilms]

4. Pick up cigs while you're there, as well.

LOL

[Jerry442]

5. What's next?

Have to give local PD and Feds pass key to your house? Blanket permission to **** your spouse and kids?

[hobbit709]

6. What's that Franklin quote?