> Encryption is either secure or it isn't. You can't have a middle ground. Technically, there is some limited middle ground due to key escrow (clipper chip[1])

> Encryption is either secure or it isn't. You can't have a middle ground. Technically, there is some limited middle ground due to key escrow (clipper chip[1]) or cryptographic backdoors (DUAL_EC_DRBG[2]). Both are interesting because the encryption algorithms stay mathematically strong. Obviously, the golden keys would have to be well-protected. But that's mostly a solved problem; see CAs. (Of course there's the problem of which governments get the keys. And it's good that Clipper and DUAL_EC_DRBG died.) [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clipper_chip https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clipper_chip [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual_EC_DRBG https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual_EC_DRBG