In T16730#295630, @davidedmundson wrote:

Wording like this does not help convince people to join your mission but instead close this whole issue off hand.

Don't bother; even if what you're suggesting is adopted, it won't last long. Mandatory backdoors are coming soon (in EU too). What gives you the impression that they will even let computers to remain offline once these laws are passed, given the swift expansion of satellite and mobile coverage?

In T15527#275389, @ngraham wrote:

learning some communication skills so that you become capable of convincing people of your position

In T15527#275281, @felixernst wrote:

The last law you wanted us to oppose didn't became law either.

But many times potent pressure to access encrypted data also comes from democratic countries that strive to uphold the rule of law, at least at first. If companies fail to hold the line in such countries, the changes made to undermine encryption can easily be replicated by countries with weaker democratic institutions and poor human rights records—often using similar legal language, but with different ideas about public order and state security, as well as what constitutes impermissible content, from obscenity to indecency to political speech. [...] They will contend that if Apple is providing access to any nation-state under that state’s local laws, Apple must also provide access to other countries, at least, under the same terms.

The US law is the opposite of a line of defense.

Sure, but KDE developers are in a good position to reach out to Linux users, who are generally among the most worried about their privacy and the most ready to share information; the problem is that one might not even find out about this bill until it's already too late, robust encryption begins to be phased out, and backdoors start being introduced everywhere... Even sources such as FSF and LWN aren't covering this! And those that do don't even pin it to their front pages...

@knauss: be aware that if the EARN IT anti-encryption bill passes, your efforts will all be for naught, as mail providers will begin refusing encrypted mail outright. Please spread the word!

In T15273#270954, @ngraham wrote:

who always thinks the sky is falling

In T15273#270925, @jriddell wrote:

This isn't currently within the scope of KDE