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It's worse than that. It's anything else > "It's in nobody's interests that anything should be able to [...] communicate out of the reach of authorities." For
by Already__Taken 11y ago
It's worse than that. It's anything else
> "It's in nobody's interests that anything should be able to [...] communicate out of the reach of authorities."
Forcing encryption backdoors compromises systems that do nothing but talk to systems. How'd you feel about a smart grid now that has knowingly insecure crypto.
- x5n1 11y agoFurther, how do you feel about that knowing that the government has been compromised more than once. It's like let us install backdoors, but how do you know the government is actually secure. In Canada for instance we have had CSIS (our MI5) agents leave important documents in laptops which were then stolen. If backdoors exist anyone can potentially get to them by stealing information from the government.
- Silhouette 11y agoI saw a catchy sound-bite about this the other day, I think from a US politician: If you can't protect it, don't collect it. To me, that seems like a pretty good attitude to handling personal data responsibly.