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Secure communication between terrorists is impossible to stop if they show any inclination to do so. This will only impact normal people using major online serv
by srj 11y ago
Secure communication between terrorists is impossible to stop if they show any inclination to do so. This will only impact normal people using major online services.
Right off the top of my head a few ways terrorists would thwart this:
- Use end-to-end encryption that's easy to overlay on an existing medium (e.g. PGP).
- Create or use an app that doesn't comply with this law and use that for communication. At least on android all you need to do is allow 'Unknown sources' and you can install apps outside of the play store.
-Use something other than text. Go in an online game and spell something out on the wall.
By repeatedly trying to start this "conversation" it really seems the politicians don't want to accept that it's impossible to prevent encryption at the long tail of users (where the terrorists would be). Instead they're going to stick their heads in the sand. It could be a deliberate attempt to gather session keys for the intelligence services to do their bulk harvesting, but what it definitely won't do is stop terrorism.