25.11.2015 - 08:12 [ Techdirt ]

Telegraph Publishes The Dumbest Article On Encryption You‘ll Ever Read… Written By David Cameron‘s Former Speechwriter

Over the weekend, the Telegraph (which, really, is probably only the second or third worst UK tabloid), published perhaps the dumbest article ever on encryption, written by Clare Foges, who until recently, was a top speech writer for UK Prime Minister David Cameron (something left unmentioned in the article). The title of the article should give you a sense of its ridiculousness: Why is Silicon Valley helping the tech-savvy jihadists? I imagine her followups will including things like „Why is Detroit helping driving-savvy jihadists?“ and „Why are farmers feeding food-savvy jihadists?“