The Freedom Act will Help Rebuild User Trust in the Internet (Click on this headline to read more)
[From the bloggers at Mozilla]
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Recent revelations of the NSA’s expansive
surveillance programs harm user trust in the digital ecosystem, stifle
innovation, and lead to a harmful balkanization of the Internet.
Internet users around the world must be able to trust that their
information, communications and documents are safe and secure. The
alternative is a race to the bottom where only those users who seek out
complex, bolt-on security tools get protected communications, or worse
yet become reluctant to use digital communications and avoid services
that both improve their lives and drive commerce. Those of us in the
technology sector, citizens at home, and constituents globally are
asking what can be done to regain user trust.
One obvious answer is to change U.S. law to limit the ability of the NSA to conduct such mass surveillance. The Freedom Act, introduced today
in the U.S. House of Representatives by Congressman Sensenbrenner and
in the U.S. Senate by Senator Leahy, does just that. The Freedom Act
takes an important step toward rebuilding user trust by adding
limitations on government collection of data in the name of national
security.
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