Comment by nickthegreek

2 years ago

But if they fail in their refusal, we would not know. So you have to treat it as if they have already failed and plan accordingly.

This is really the conclusion of the debate over whether privacy protections should be legal or technological.

The answer is both, which in particular means that they have to be technological. We need to prove their inability to defect with math because otherwise they can just lie about it.

What you need from the law is the right for everybody to use that kind of technology by default.