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If it's illegal to send encrypted communications it will still have an impact. If the source of any unapproved encrypted transmissions could be identified there
by fantispug 9y ago
If it's illegal to send encrypted communications it will still have an impact. If the source of any unapproved encrypted transmissions could be identified there is a good chance the sender could be apprehended.
- Retric 9y agoYou assume it's obvious when something is encrypted. Steganography is generally easier with encrypted messages as it looks random.
- fantispug 9y agoThat's a very good point; even if it's possible to detect steganography of encrypted messages it's probably expensive to do so, especially in the torrent of digital traffic online. I guess it will only impact law abiding citizens then.
- astrobe_ 9y agoIndeed, unless the traffic/file is explicitly labeled as encrypted (protocol, file header etc.) I think there's no way to tell if a particular piece of data is encrypted or not. More generally, the incredible stupidity in those calls for encryption bans is that the "bad guys" will abide to the law. There's a dark market for botnets etc., so why not for custom stealth encryption tools? I wouldn't be surprised if it already exists.