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It is truly frightening how poorly government understand cyber security... First Clinton claiming she would work with tech companies to solve the encryption "p
by throwaway2016a 10y ago
It is truly frightening how poorly government understand cyber security...
First Clinton claiming she would work with tech companies to solve the encryption "problem"... clearly not understanding that mathematically speaking, putting a back door in encryption is impossible without also letting the "bad guys" through the door.
Now this.
I'm so glad I already live in this country because if I didn't, I probably would never be able to visit. No way I'm giving anyone my passwords. Never-mind someone at the TSA who could just copy it down for personal use. It's just terrible operational security.
I have enough trouble handing my credit card to a waiter knowing how easy they could skim the numbers. The only reason I'm OK with it is because (at least in the US) disputing credit card charges is easy(ish).
I wonder if this will open the door for social networks to have read-only "security passwords" to give to the TSA that are only good for the length of your stay.
Traveller gives TSA the password... TSA verifies it is good for at least N days (as enforced by the social network)... welcome to the United States.
I'll shut up now because I give the administration any good ideas on how to actually implement such a thing.
P.S. Also, never mind that if I'm up to no good there are less known social networks that would be more effective. And never mind that I could lie and say I don't have an account on a network. This is as stupid as banning some-one based on religion and requiring them to attest to it. No one would possibly lie about their religion right?
- tmd83 10y agoEven beyond the privacy implications, what about the security implications. This basically means 10s of people would know my account password and whats stopping any of them from abusing it, posting things that would implicate me when I myself have done nothing. Who would take that risk?