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So what is stopping telecommunication providers, or tech companies, from "voluntarily" breaking the encryption and providing the results to the governments (in
by Kliment 9y ago
So what is stopping telecommunication providers, or tech companies, from "voluntarily" breaking the encryption and providing the results to the governments (in expectation of deregulation, or bandwidth allocation, or tax advantages, or as a result of secret coercion)?
- Piskvorrr 9y agoThat's where the famous "colored bits" come into play; "but we didn't do it personally ourselves and we didn't hold a literal gun to the telcos' heads" is ... not a great defense. http://ansuz.sooke.bc.ca/entry/23 http://ansuz.sooke.bc.ca/entry/23 In other words, intent matters; we only pretend it doesn't (and let the legal system sort it out) because it's too hard to express into computer systems.