Stop the EARN IT Act to Save Our Privacy

[Pinback]

From the Electronic Frontier Foundation (https://act.eff.org/action/stop-the-earn-it-act-to-save-our-privacy):

The U.S. Senate has revived a surveillance bill that would have a lethal impact on privacy, security, and free speech. If Congress passes the EARN IT Act (S.3538), it may become too legally risky for companies to offer encryption services. Instead, they’ll be pressured to scan nearly all online content.

We need your support to stop the EARN IT Act before it gets any farther. The Senate Judiciary Committee could vote on this bill as soon as next week. This disastrous bill was first proposed two years ago, and then dropped after overwhelming public resistance. We beat this bill once before, and we can do it again.

The EARN IT Act uses crimes against children as a justification to invite all 50 states to regulate the privacy protections internet websites and apps provide to their users. The bill’s supporters have made their message clear: don’t use true end-to-end encryption. Instead, scan everything.

State legislatures will have unprecedented power over websites, both large and small, and will likely pressure companies to scan not only messages, but cloud storage, online photos, and entire websites.

More information and online form to contact your U.S. Senators:
https://act.eff.org/action/stop-the-earn-it-act-to-save-our-privacy

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1. I also suspect the agenda has nothing to do with crimes against children.

I'll try and read the bill next week.

[Pinback]

2. Of course not.

They just want electronic search & seizure everywhere all the time — a digital dragnet violating the online privacy of everyone.

So many people have given up on privacy, or just assume there’s no avoiding 24x7 surveillance. I’m not prepared to expose all my communications and files to whoever in the government or law enforcement wants to see them, without a warrant. It’s pure BS.

Thanks for your interest in this issue.

[sakabatou]

3. This would seriously harm the entire net.