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It kind of does. I may have misinterpreted the article, but the proposal seems to be forcing hardware and software vendors into key-escrow schemes. So the decr
by confounded 9y ago
It kind of does. I may have misinterpreted the article, but the proposal seems to be forcing hardware and software vendors into key-escrow schemes.
So the decryption key on your phone (or perhaps a key to the key, same thing AFAICT) would have to be stored by the manufacturer so that it could be accessed by various US government agencies.
If it’s a Chinese company, that means the Chinese government would have access, too.
And if such a law and precedent was set by the US, the likely reaction from other countries would be to enact similar laws.
So, lots of people all over the world will be able decrypt your data, for lots of reasons.
- wmf 9y agoOne would hope that for phones sold in the US the keys would be escrowed somewhere that only the US could get to them. Likewise for other countries.
- confounded 9y agoAh, so no legal tests all. All keys straight to the government, for always-on, total surveillance for the entire population? I personally wouldn’t hope for that.
- wmf 9y agoNo, I didn't say that either.
- ubernostrum 9y agoAnd how long do you think that neat partitioning of keys by country of sale would last? My money is on "until about the next Tuesday after the scheme is first deployed", and then every phone is open to every sufficiently-motivated country's intelligence agencies and law enforcement, and that's the end of business, law-enforcement and possibly even military security for anyone stuck using one of those devices.