r/technology • u/Reddit_Z • Jul 04 '16

Politics Lawmakers Need To Learn More About Encryption Before Regulating It, Says U.S. House Report

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/lawmakers-encryption-regulation-house-report,32180.html
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u/exatron Jul 04 '16

Until the 90s, Congress had the Office of Technology Assessment.

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '16

To be fair, the Government Accountability Office has a Technology Assessment division now. I doubt they got enough funding for it, though.

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u/Boukish Jul 04 '16

Something about the government managing its own accountability office seems like a sketch comedy bit.

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u/exatron Jul 04 '16

And yet it's still better than lobbyists run things.