Senate Republicans propose law to outlaw end-to-end encryption (daringfireball.net)

Yep ... it would be those 3 GOP numbnuts.

To give a different example of what we're dealing with, California Senator Diane Feinstein has been a vocal opponent of encryption. Google "diane feinstein encryption" for some examples; it's a long-running theme with her. At the same time, she was pretty unhappy with the CIA snooping around Senate computers[1]. You'd think she could make the connection that if even her title and the law aren't enough to protect her, maybe encryption can be a good thing, but no, she's one of the senators behind the EARN IT Act.

1: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/feins...

Would this also make p2p tech illegal?

America is a great country, but I don’t understand it. You won’t be allowed to encrypt your stuff, but you can buy a gun at every Walmart.

And Democrats will "reluctantly" vote with both hands for it. Feinstein has been one of the biggest anti-encryption and mass-surveillance champions in the Senate. I don't understand why she's still a senator. She even promised she'd quite in 2018. But I guess the military industrial complex/surveillance special interests brought her back in.

1. That's a very opinionated blog that provides little or no actual information

2. Read the actual bill for yourself

3. It is not outlawing encryption, stop making up lies.