"Which brings me to University of Washington School of Law assistant professor Ryan Calo's recent article. He argues that tech giants Apple and Google, who have implemented reasonably effortless versions of end-to-end encryption into some of their communication products, may be our best hope of resisting government surveillance. That is to say, if consumers ask for the sort of effortless encryption technology envisioned in Gibson's possible future, these demands could translate into market forces that would provide corporations with the incentives to build this technology in the face of government resistance."
- Date Published:10/14/2015
- Original Publication:The Christian Science Monitor