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I will hang onto this and use it as an example of why it "government managed backdoor key escrow" for encryption algorithms is such a bad idea.
by mcherm 11y ago
I will hang onto this and use it as an example of why it "government managed backdoor key escrow" for encryption algorithms is such a bad idea.
- fweespeech 11y agoYep, it is the perfect explanation for why the Government can't be trusted with "master keys" of any kind.
- wnevets 11y agolike the "master keys" for the nuclear arsenal?
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- Fargren 11y agoThey are not master keys if they are the only keys and they only open the lock they were built for.
- newjersey 11y agoExactly. This is only a problem if the locks were publicly available which they should be in case of insecure technologies like the clipper chip. I guess the physical equivalent is a knox box as illustrated here https://www.rsaconference.com/writable/presentations/file_upload/exp-w21_exp-w21.pdf https://www.rsaconference.com/writable/presentations/file_up...
- malloci 11y agoBringing up the protection of the nuclear arsenal only enforces the fact that an encryption "master key" controlled by the government isn't such a great idea: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/12/launch-code-for-us-nukes-was-00000000-for-20-years/ http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/12/launch-code-for-u... http://www.nbcnews.com/id/20427730/ns/us_news-military/t/air-force-official-fired-after-nukes-fly-over-us/#.Vfb0Xbfuf1I http://www.nbcnews.com/id/20427730/ns/us_news-military/t/air... http://www.aol.com/article/2014/11/03/2-nuclear-commanders-fired-another-disciplined/20988136/ http://www.aol.com/article/2014/11/03/2-nuclear-commanders-f... http://www.rt.com/usa/usaf-general-drunken-women-moscow-529/ http://www.rt.com/usa/usaf-general-drunken-women-moscow-529/
- avar 11y agoYou left out the worst incident I know of: http://edition.cnn.com/2014/06/12/us/north-carolina-nuclear-bomb-drop/ http://edition.cnn.com/2014/06/12/us/north-carolina-nuclear-... The US was one arming switch away from nuking North Carolina in 1961. This and a bunch of other really scary nuclear-related accidents are covered in Command & Control: http://www.amazon.com/Command-Control-Damascus-Accident-Illusion/dp/0143125788 http://www.amazon.com/Command-Control-Damascus-Accident-Illu...
- monocasa 11y agoThe master keys for the nuclear arsenal were "00000000" for much of the cold war. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/05/nuclear-missile-code-00000000-cold-war_n_4386784.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/05/nuclear-missile-cod...