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that laws addressing
the challenges raised by
encryption misunderstand
how the technology
works. There is no plausible
way to build tools
to undermine encryption
without eroding everyone’s
security. People
with technical expertise
and bad intentions will
figure out how to manipulate
such tools. By weakening
encrypted technologies
for government
agencies, we weaken it for
everyone.
The issue is so important
that UN human rights
experts have warned governments
that weakening
encryption could have
a devastating impact on
human rights. Governments
should be seeking
to strengthen, not weaken,
encryption.
Digital security is
about tradeoffs: There will
always be risks when you
use the internet. Encryption
simply helps us manage
those risks and make
sure that we are taking
steps toward securing our
communications. Human
Rights Watch has created
a new interactive game
about digital security to
help people understand
why encryption is needed
to protect us.
The Australian government
promised to consider
amendments to the antiencryption
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OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK
NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION
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York, notice is hereby given that a special election will be held in the City
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The City Clerk of the City of New York
law next year
in response to opposition.
We hope the public will use
the game to understand
just how much their security
could be put at risk if
the law isn’t substantially
revised to prevent encryption
backdoors.
We all pay a price when
the tools we rely on every
day to keep us secure are
compromised.
Rebecca Ricks was the
2017-2018 Ford-Mozilla
Open Web Fellow at
Human Rights Watch. She
now works as an independent
researcher.
communities get priority.
In New York, for example,
how the already measly
$7 billion from the federal
government that funds all
these aspects of life here,
like whether resources are
provided for repairs to the
Belt, Grand Central and
Van Wyck Expressways and
nutritional programs and
centers for seniors, where
new schools and hospitals
are built, are directly
affected by the extent of
community participation
in the census.
The federal data has collateral
consequences. For
example, the city’s education
department uses Census
data to redraw school
zones, the health department
uses it to understand
illness rates, while businesses
use federal information
to determine whether
to open in underserved
neighborhoods.
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