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If progressively more governmental communications are made through encrypted means, we cannot access them as citizens.
by lazzlazzlazz 9y ago
If progressively more governmental communications are made through encrypted means, we cannot access them as citizens.
- edbaskerville 9y agoYeah, end-to-end encryption is strange here. Aren't there laws in France to ensure retention of government employee communications?
- Akujin 9y agoThe open-source Matrix.org server Synapse has everything in plaintext on the server.
- TeddyBear060 9y agoThanks, I understand but those communications are not supposed to be accessible. This tool will be used by top level gouvernement employees.
- amandine 9y agoIndeed
- pjc50 9y agoIf they're subject to records retention requirements, they should be retained anyway; and if they're not, they're in the same category as things like phone calls which are currently ephemeral. (Note that in first world countries phone calls will be digital everywhere except maybe the last mile, and GSM and upwards are digital to the handset)
- tscs37 9y agoEnd to End encrypted does not mean the messages have to be stored and retained encrypted and inaccessible. I imagine the responsible sysadmins have figured out something to follow retention laws.
- solarkraft 9y agoAnd this is somewhat okay. Though in my opinion there should be some way to lawfully intercept, this brings us back to the same dilemma as with private messaging.
- notriddle 9y agoYou're not supposed to be able to access any and every government communication. You're not supposed to know what the nuke codes are, or when there's an undercover mission in progress, or [insert punchline here]. Presumably, if there's an investigation, they just force the government employee to give up the keys.