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Post #1337366
2026-03-09 18:28 UTC
@KimSJ as a former government employee who was honored to work for the public i am so conflicted about the role of government (and particularly my government, the warmonger). the US NIST was trusted worldwide for cryptographic standards, and with DUAL_EC_DRBG by the NSA we lost that trust. i hoped very much to work with the FTC—they demonstrated the government has real power. lina khan in particular is a rare genius who bent the law back into shape after decades of weakening. but we see now with the NSF (the science funding that powers the nation) it can all be lost in the blink of an eye.
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@hipsterelectron@circumstances.run 2026-03-09 18:33
@KimSJ just as you say this is in fact where the government should manifest, to solve the prisoner's dilemma of sheer profit motive. and we often see governments realizing this regulatory burden is in fact the key efficiency that allows the economy to avoid the zero-sum game. but if we rely upon that protection (particularly across borders, through technology), we may lose it at a critical moment. i don't know how to solve this.