<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467345665155_80295"></div><div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467345665155_80269" style="display: block;"><div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467345665155_80268"><div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467345665155_80267"><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467345665155_80281"><font size="2" face="Arial" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467345665155_80280"> <b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467345665155_80293"><span style="font-weight:bold;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467345665155_80292">From:</span></b> grarpamp <grarpamp@gmail.com><br><br> <b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467345665155_80279"><span style="font-weight: bold;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467345665155_80278">Subject:</span></b> Report: US crypto regulation... flawed<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467345665155_80266"><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/jun/29/government-encryption-regulation-report-criticism" target="_blank" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467345665155_80277">https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/jun/29/government-encryption-regulation-report-criticism</a><br><a href="https://homeland.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Going-Dark-Going-Forward.pdf" target="_blank" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467345665155_80276">https://homeland.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Going-Dark-Going-Forward.pdf</a><br><br>>US Republican congressional staff trying to find a middle ground on<br>>encryption have said previous efforts to regulate privacy technology<br>>were flawed and that lawmakers need to learn more about technology<br>>before trying to regulate it, according to a report released on<br>>Wednesday.</div><div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467345665155_80266"><br></div><div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467345665155_80266">On the one hand, I can't disagree.  However, government is so far behind in actually understanding technology, </div><div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467345665155_80266">what is described here is a truly hopeless task.</div><div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467345665155_80266"><br></div><div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467345665155_80266">               Jim Bell<br><br><br></div> </div> </div>  </div></div></body></html>