{"id":28785,"date":"2020-05-24T16:46:51","date_gmt":"2020-05-24T21:46:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/?p=28785"},"modified":"2020-05-24T16:46:51","modified_gmt":"2020-05-24T21:46:51","slug":"across-the-abyss-ctd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2020\/05\/24\/across-the-abyss-ctd\/","title":{"rendered":"Across The Abyss, Ctd"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After my <a href=\"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2020\/05\/19\/across-the-abyss\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">semi-rant concerning encrypted devices and communications<\/a> a reader retorts:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I am pro-Apple on this one. Especially in light of the current administration.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>And, of course, that&#8217;s a difficult objection to overcome. The rampant corruption in the Trump Administration makes it hard to foster the necessary trust that proper procedures would be followed if there was a way to defeat the encryption. I cannot fault my reader for their stance.<\/p>\n<p>But I am still struck by the absolutist positions of Apple and their allies, as I cannot help but see the parallels with our political world at this time. And it worries me. Along with the rightly distrusted Trump Administration, I worry that its legacy will be distrust of the very government we hire to keep us safe.<\/p>\n<p>And I wonder if that will turn out to be its worst legacy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After my semi-rant concerning encrypted devices and communications a reader retorts: I am pro-Apple on this one. Especially in light of the current administration. And, of course, that&#8217;s a difficult objection to overcome. The rampant corruption in the Trump Administration makes it hard to foster the necessary trust that proper \u2026 <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2020\/05\/24\/across-the-abyss-ctd\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28785","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28785"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28785\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28801,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28785\/revisions\/28801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}