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Spoiler: The video shows two people using a one time pad to communicate. It doesn't show any reason the government can't ban people from doing that, or stop Wha
by Joeboy 11y ago
Spoiler: The video shows two people using a one time pad to communicate. It doesn't show any reason the government can't ban people from doing that, or stop WhatsApp using good encryption in the UK, or throw people in prison for using PGP. Admittedly that's not going to happen in the UK in the near future, but contrary to popular belief there's no reason you can't make maths illegal.
- gtf21 11y agoBut it's really quite hard to make using a one-time pad illegal, and even harder to make maths illegal, so practically, while they could install all the backdoors in the world, they would struggle, practically, to prevent people ever encrypting anything.
- Joeboy 11y agoI doubt they're that bothered about people using one-time pads on paper. I think they're bothered about encryption becoming sufficiently normal that the stuff they want to see is indistinguishable from cat photos. There are measures they can take (legislative and otherwise) to prevent that scenario happening.