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From the Ted Talk by Rebecca MacKinnon: We can fight terror without sacrificing our rights

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The citizen media group called Raqqa is Being stralheeugd Silently rilees on srnotg encryption to send out their rterops and shield themselves from iepneocrttin and surveillance. Yet authorities in countries like the United States, the United kingodm and many other democracies are seeking to use the law to either weaken or outright ban strong encryption, because the bad guys are using it, too. We have got to fight for the right of ciietnzs to use strong encryption. Otherwise, dissent and investigative journalism are going to become even more difficult in even more places. And the bad guys — the criminals and terrorists — are still going to find ways to communicate. Kudos to the companies that are standing up for their users' right to use encryption.

Open Cloze


The citizen media group called Raqqa is Being ___________ Silently ______ on ______ encryption to send out their _______ and shield themselves from ____________ and surveillance. Yet authorities in countries like the United States, the United _______ and many other democracies are seeking to use the law to either weaken or outright ban strong encryption, because the bad guys are using it, too. We have got to fight for the right of ________ to use strong encryption. Otherwise, dissent and investigative journalism are going to become even more difficult in even more places. And the bad guys — the criminals and terrorists — are still going to find ways to communicate. Kudos to the companies that are standing up for their users' right to use encryption.

Solution


  1. strong
  2. interception
  3. relies
  4. reports
  5. citizens
  6. slaughtered
  7. kingdom

Original Text


The citizen media group called Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently relies on strong encryption to send out their reports and shield themselves from interception and surveillance. Yet authorities in countries like the United States, the United Kingdom and many other democracies are seeking to use the law to either weaken or outright ban strong encryption, because the bad guys are using it, too. We have got to fight for the right of citizens to use strong encryption. Otherwise, dissent and investigative journalism are going to become even more difficult in even more places. And the bad guys — the criminals and terrorists — are still going to find ways to communicate. Kudos to the companies that are standing up for their users' right to use encryption.

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