With the Clipper Chip there was no industry buy-in, but now the tech conglomerates want all data to train their AI control grid.

Cheap software encryption came to the rescue in the 90s.. this time we have Nostr!

teemupleb

Any >50 users probably remembers the "Clipper Chip" fiasco in the mid-90s. Right when internet was gaining in popularity there was this US Gov sponsored idea that "security chips should be installed in all phones and internet devices".

There was lots of push back on the subject and it was defeated. But the push to de-anonymize users never really went away and is now just bundled up in these age-protection laws....which it appears that they are successful.

Politics_And_Law

South Carolina's New Social Media Law Puts Every User Under Age Surveillance

Scoresby

Any >50 users probably remembers the "Clipper Chip" fiasco in the mid-90s. Right when internet was gaining in popularity there was this US Gov sponsored idea that "security chips should be installed in all phones and internet devices". 

There was lots of push back on the subject and it was defeated. But the push to de-anonymize users never really went away and is now just bundled up in these age-protection laws....which it appears that they are successful.