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FBI Calls on Tech Companies with Encryption to Reconsider “Their Business Model”

• uncoder0 11y ago
  The FBI keeps saying it's technically possible which of course it is however, if I want to ensure my users have the best encryption I can offer end-to-end I would not store the key to unlock that encrypted communication. If I was forced to store such keys I'd have to spend a lot of time (money) making sure I kept them safe. It seems far more likely that in this scenario the keys would somehow become compromised. If I don't store them then I don't have to worry about that threat at all.
• Lawtonfogle 11y ago
  I personally say that we start a movement to ban the unencrypted communications that have commonly been used by terrorist to collaborate on recent terrorist attacks. If the FBI really wants to protect us they will help push for the ban on the most common communication used by terrorist: unencrypted!
• serge2k 11y ago
  > citing fear that her grandchildren might start communicating with terrorists over encrypted PlayStation systems. ugh
  • j_h_s 11y ago
    The real irony of that example is that game consoles would be one of the secure methods of communication that would persist if encryption somehow disappeared. Messages can be sent by in game actions which are very difficult to monitor, even if unencrypted.
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