David D. Friedman | Will Strong Encryption Protect Privacy and Make Government Obsolete?
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Channel: Independent Institute · 2015 · Nonprofits & Activism
Subscribe: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=independentinstitute Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/independentinstitute Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/IndependentInst April 24, 2001 Oakland, CA Many people have wondered how technological progress will affect political, economic, and civil freedoms. With the rise of encryption software, the National Security Agency's Echelon worldwide surveillance system, and the FBI's Carnivore e-mail snooping program, this subject is no longer the exclusive domain of speculative thinkers or futurists, it is the subject of intense public-policy debate. Will privacy-enhancing technology improve faster than privacy-threatening technology? Should the government mandate privacy standards? Should it enforce contracts in cyberspace, or would private law do a better job? Economist, physicist, and legal scholar David Friedman discussed these and related questions about technological change and the case for and against government involvement. David D. Friedman Professor of Law, Santa Clara University Author, Law's Order: What Economics Has to Do With Law and Why It Matters David J. Theroux Founder and President, The Independent Institute
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