The ugly overlap of government and technology

Information in the digital age is free. Sharing the words or code or images you make on the Internet cannot really be controlled. In the past, governments and other organizations have limited the spread of information by physically blocking, destroying, or otherwise hampering its spread. But with the Internet this is not so easy.

For instance, England wants to ban end-to-end encryption. China has built a digital version of the Great Wall, censoring anything that they deem counter to their efforts. The White House refuses to strong stance in favor of encryption. But because information is so easily duplicated and shared, because it so badly wants to be free, and because prime factoring is so difficult with current processors, all of these efforts to control and censor people face a constant uphill battle.

And then there’s this:

We’re going to get Apple to build their damn computers in this country instead of other countries.