On Wednesday, April 8, President Golden Frog Sunday Yokubaitis and public affairs director Andy MacFarlane will pass day meeting in Washington DC with various legislators and government officials to discuss the importance of legislation that protects online privacy. We will update this blog throughout the day with the details of their efforts as they work to further discussions with lawmakers about:
- Protecting the right of Americans to use the services encryption government
- Prohibiting -mandated backdoors in US technology companies
- Curbing NSA surveillance and limit the reauthorization of the Patriot Act
- update ECPA for the modern era
9:00 AND
Meet Ari Schwartz, Senior Director for cyber Security on the staff of the Council of States STATES national security in the white House
Location: Eisenhower Building
We met with Mr. Schwartz to discuss recent claims of government agencies backdoors in encryption services. Mr. Schwartz expressed concern about the position of director of the FBI James Comey backdoors that are needed for his agency to do their job better. We explained that backdoors are inherently insecure, and their presence is negative for the digital economy because they create mistrust between both national and international companies that want to work the American Internet companies.
Sunday cited a recent report by the R Institute has estimated that the information from the NSA and backdoors applications cost the US economy somewhere between $ 35-180000000000. Mr. Schwartz said the Council of Economic Advisors estimated the economic loss ZERO. So while there may be some disagreement among those in Washington DC, we found that we saw European companies place their cloud offerings as more private and secure than competitive American businesses. Sunday also told him that we speak to conscious privacy people worldwide every day and we are aware of many non-US consumers who do not want to buy US online services due to the erosion of trust.
Finally, we also discussed our concern about the thrust of the American Chamber of Commerce for legislation to exempt RESPONSIBILITY for private companies that share data with VOLUNTARILY government enterprises and other cybersecurity purposes. This is data that is shared without a subpoena or warrant. Mr. Schwartz said that the scope and transparency are essential so that everyone can understand exactly how much data is shared and with whom.
(Sunday Yokubaitis in the Eisenhower building, notes the West Wing in the background)
Noon ET
R Street Institute event round Table - the PCs for the reform of supervision
Location: Rayburn House office Building
Sunday Yokubaitis was invited to be a panelist on the discussion on the fight against the reform of the supervision of the NSA, organized by the Institute rue A. with key sections of the Patriot Act set to expire on May 31, Congress must consider the constitutionality and effectiveness of the NSA surveillance programs and mass reassess the need for this massive intrusion into the personal lives of ordinary Americans.
During the event, on Sunday told the audience congressmen massive surveillance programs to the NSA suffer greatly the economy of the United States. He said news of these programs has eroded global confidence Internet companies of the United States, and has made many organizations reluctant to do business with them. He said: "After the revelations of the NSA, you could hear the sound of giant servers who leave the United States of aspiration" He also noted that companies in Europe took this distrust, and is currently positioned. as a safer alternative to American Internet companies - and that message resonates with customers He noted that Golden Frog is incorporated in Switzerland because the country has a long history of respect for private life and has set up a legal framework. protect. many Golden Frog customers simply do not trust their data with US companies.
to much fanfare on Sunday also said, "the right to use encryption services is the 2nd amendment to the Internet." the public seems to appreciate the analogy that encryption is a tactic to protect you and your property.
He and other experts have criticized the request of the FBI for backdoors in encryption as a "bad idea" that makes the FBI "her crazy." Said Sunday that make encryption is properly hard enough without the government asking for intentional vulnerabilities and warned that backdoors would target US businesses of all kinds of foreign and domestic hackers.
Finally, on Sunday compared the government's surveillance programs of China and Germany to the United States. He left the room with the thought, "Do we want to be more like China, or do we want to be more like Germany?"
(Sunday Yokubaitis addressing the audience at the R street sign)
Later this afternoon, we will meet the offices of some candidates presidential. Stay tuned ...
14:30 ET
Meet staffers for Senator Ted Cruz
Location: Dirksen Senate office Building
at our last meeting with Senator Cruz, he was in Austin, Texas last November when he unveiled his "Do not mess with the Internet" the agenda. Much has changed since that day, including the adoption of new FCC open Internet rules. We discussed the ongoing battle for the Internet and get the feeling that the Senator will be one with Republican colleagues who would like to see Congress draft legislation to limit the authority of the FCC.
On a more positive note, the senator was generally in favor of the protection of privacy online. It is against backdoors mandated by the government and would support legislation to update ECPA.
15:00 ET
Meet staffers for Senator Rand Paul
Location: Russell Senate Office Building
After a meeting with the staff Cruz, we headed to the offices of another Republican presidential candidate, Senator Rand Paul. Much of the meeting focused on the reform of the NSA. Yesterday, Senator Paul announced he would end immediately the mass surveillance NSA if elected president. That's a bold campaign promise and obviously one where the devil is in the details. So we were pleased to hear the senator's office is open to working with us on the change and the drafting of legislation on the reform of the NSA.
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