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I am all in favor of more training for avoiding social engineering attacks, stronger encryption and security for all devices and networks, and generally making digital systems as robust as possible - and then keep investing resources in these hardening activities.

The really sad thing is that so many people, including my congressional representative who I contacted on this subject, just don't get it: securing our systems is on par with fighting terrorism and conventional defense capabilities, and should receive the same resource allocations.

It goes without saying, but I will say it anyway: encryption backdoors will severely weaken efforts for economic growth and for defense.




How is this relevant to the article? The article never talks about social engineering, computer security, encryption backdoors, or terrorism.




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