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I agree that its a disaster waiting to happen, so theres no need to apologize, I mention that it's a bad idea in the first paragraph. To be honest, I don't rea

I agree that its a disaster waiting to happen, so theres no need to apologize, I mention that it's a bad idea in the first paragraph. To be honest, I don't really know why I even posted it besides the fact that it's something me and my friends have been discussing on and off for about a year now because it keeps coming up in the news. The "bad guy" problem is an inherent problem and while me and my friends have come up with a few novel work-arounds none of them solves the problem completely. Another issue is that multi-layer encryption could disrupt the government's ability to execute a warrant. If this BAD IDEA were implemented then multi-layer encryption would need to be made illegal and that starts us down a very dangerous path. The only thing I think is a good idea is using a crypto key pair as a replacement for ssn but only if it's not really used for encryption.

csomar 9y ago
The only solution is to make crypto accessible. If it is, there is nothing the gov can do about it. You can’t simply put half your population in prison.
- ilovetux 9y ago
  It's true that you can't put half of your population in prison but you can bring prison to the population just look at North Korea and a few other authoritarian nations around the world. We need a way to let law enforcement do their job but also balance that with citizens rights. Backdooring encryption is not the answer, but perhaps there can be some other answer. The alternative is mass surveilance like we have today. Something along the lines of a wiretap (this would technically be a state-sponsored MITM attack) for electronic communication which would only be possible with a warrant, but then we would probably end up with a secret court (a la FISA) issuing these warrants. The only point I would like to make is that we need to be open to discussing possible solutions otherwise we might not like what the whistleblowers tell us.

csomar 9y ago

The only solution is to make crypto accessible. If it is, there is nothing the gov can do about it. You can’t simply put half your population in prison.

ilovetux 9y ago
It's true that you can't put half of your population in prison but you can bring prison to the population just look at North Korea and a few other authoritarian nations around the world. We need a way to let law enforcement do their job but also balance that with citizens rights. Backdooring encryption is not the answer, but perhaps there can be some other answer. The alternative is mass surveilance like we have today. Something along the lines of a wiretap (this would technically be a state-sponsored MITM attack) for electronic communication which would only be possible with a warrant, but then we would probably end up with a secret court (a la FISA) issuing these warrants. The only point I would like to make is that we need to be open to discussing possible solutions otherwise we might not like what the whistleblowers tell us.