backdoors
Original: backdoors on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Older man (in suit): I just don't see why the government needs a backdoor to all software.
Panel 2:
Younger man: You make it sound so lurid.
Panel 3:
Younger man: Consider this. You're wearing clothes. That's fine. But how do we know you're not hiding something in there?
Panel 4:
Younger man: We don't want you to go without clothes. So, we offer a simple compromise.
Panel 5:
Younger man: We make it so that all of your clothes are see-thru. But only for a small group of distant people whose identity and motives are secret to you.
Panel 6:
Older man: That analogy just makes it seem worse.
Younger man: Analogy?
Votey:
Younger man (in speech bubble): Nipple rings, eh?
[The older man looks down at his own chest with a wide-eyed, uneasy expression.]
Older man (in suit): I just don't see why the government needs a backdoor to all software.
Panel 2:
Younger man: You make it sound so lurid.
Panel 3:
Younger man: Consider this. You're wearing clothes. That's fine. But how do we know you're not hiding something in there?
Panel 4:
Younger man: We don't want you to go without clothes. So, we offer a simple compromise.
Panel 5:
Younger man: We make it so that all of your clothes are see-thru. But only for a small group of distant people whose identity and motives are secret to you.
Panel 6:
Older man: That analogy just makes it seem worse.
Younger man: Analogy?
Votey:
Younger man (in speech bubble): Nipple rings, eh?
[The older man looks down at his own chest with a wide-eyed, uneasy expression.]
Alt text
A six-panel comic. An older man in a suit complains to a younger man that he doesn't understand why the government needs a backdoor to all software. The younger man says he makes it sound lurid, then offers an analogy: you're wearing clothes, which is fine, but how do we know you're not hiding something? So instead of making you go without clothes, we offer a compromise where all your clothes become see-through, but only for a small group of distant people whose identity and motives are secret to you. The older man says the analogy makes it seem worse. The younger man replies, "Analogy?" implying it wasn't a metaphor at all. Votey: The younger man says "Nipple rings, eh?" as the older man looks down at his own chest with an alarmed, wide-eyed expression, realizing his clothes really are see-through to the watcher.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.