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Where can I find more detailed information on how Earn-IT changes encryption law? I just skimmed the Wikipedia article but it doesn't seem to insist that this act changes encryption law. Just that "best practices" that would provide "guidance" to sites might include backdoors.

I'm all for encryption rights, but if I'm going to call my congressional rep, I want to know what I'm talking about, and the FSF link really doesn't explain what's going on.

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The bill is written in an intentionally obtuse way so that they can say they're not banning anything; they're just giving "requirements". But the only way to meet the bill's requirements is to eliminate E2EE.

This comment is written in an intentionally "hand wavey" way so that they can say nothing substantive about the proposed bill text, but maintain an air of alarmism.

The act says that a commission will be formed, and describes how members of the commission should be chosen. The commission chooses what the exact best practices will be.

Full bill here: https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/353...

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