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Schadenfreude fan, huh? The courts will likely treat it the way they have wiretapping. That is, unless a skilled defense shows that unfunded and indefinitely ke

by cmurf 11y ago

Schadenfreude fan, huh? The courts will likely treat it the way they have wiretapping. That is, unless a skilled defense shows that unfunded and indefinitely key escrowing is impractical or unfair somehow, which is probably hard to do seeing as Apple used to offer a key escrow service (opt-in) on OS X's FileVault 2, and Microsoft offers one (opt-out after they have the key escrowed) still today. This is what China wants, so if Apple isn't going to stop selling in China on principled grounds, then why would they stop selling in NY or anywhere else that decides to go down this path? As for enforcement, every state has its own rules for merchants. NY State has the business license and if you don't follow their laws they can withdraw the license and now the company can't sell product in the state. The thing that irks me is this transparently targets average Joe User and below average crook. Because only those two groups will end up with either weaker encryption (breakable encryption, including backdoors) or keys being escrowed. Anyone who understands this, including the above average crook and far worse, will just get some other product that uses escrow-free strong encryption that isn't subject to that state or that country's laws.

drdaeman 11y ago
More likely "immediately worse present for a better future". It just seems that humans rarely learn unless they experience a painful failure (and sometimes a multiple ones are required) and get some reminders by the scars left. This, of course, doesn't work if worst is introduced gradually (it's how we got where we are) - only acute cases work. The idea is, governments would never cease their attempts just because there are some objections and counterpoints. But after a grand fuck-up they won't dare to try it - and if they do they'll be told "you want another New York, eh?" and that will work.

by cmurf 11y ago

drdaeman 11y ago

More likely "immediately worse present for a better future". It just seems that humans rarely learn unless they experience a painful failure (and sometimes a multiple ones are required) and get some reminders by the scars left. This, of course, doesn't work if worst is introduced gradually (it's how we got where we are) - only acute cases work. The idea is, governments would never cease their attempts just because there are some objections and counterpoints. But after a grand fuck-up they won't dare to try it - and if they do they'll be told "you want another New York, eh?" and that will work.