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No, that doesn't work. c.f. Lavabit and "Reflections on Trusting Trust"
by rryan 10y ago
No, that doesn't work.
c.f. Lavabit and "Reflections on Trusting Trust"
- conorgil145 10y agoLava Bit was not actually architected in such a way that only the customer could read the emails even though it made that claim: https://moxie.org/blog/lavabit-critique/ https://moxie.org/blog/lavabit-critique/
- e12e 10y agoHowever, it would be hard to see how Microsoft could architect things that way too -- they supply an Operating System with constant security updates...
- rryan 10y agoLet's say it was -- how could you, the end user, go about evaluating that claim? Even if the perfect technical solution existed, it wouldn't fix this problem.
- studentrob 10y agoYeah, technical solutions alone are not the answer. There's still the $5 wrench, or in the government's case, the threat of jail time for contempt of court should a real encryption bill pass. To really protect the right to free speech we need both technical tools that are easy for everyone to verify, and a society who believes laws banning encryption are worthless. Anything short of that is a risk that we flop into a state that is afraid of words.
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- duaneb 10y agoThis should not have come as a surprise to anyone relying on encryption to maintain privacy, e.g. Snowden. Email simply does not support this without PGP.