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> But Nigel Phair, from the Centre for Internet Safety at the University of Canberra, said if the legislation avoided having to use a backdoor entry to encrypte
by cesarb 8y ago
> But Nigel Phair, from the Centre for Internet Safety at the University of Canberra, said if the legislation avoided having to use a backdoor entry to encrypted data then it was likely that it would use a “frontdoor”, a means of accessing the information before it was encrypted.
...you mean a backdoor to the device, instead of a backdoor to the encryption?
- dmix 8y agoNice bit of spin there by Nigel. Using the phrase 'frontdoor' sounds more 'legal' and appropriate. But in reality the implications of backdooring the device, ie "before encryption" happens, is actually a far, far worse invasion of privacy than purely server side decryption. Because it exposes the entire devices to surveillance, every app and piece of data flowing through the device is then exposed (and many times not just to the intended target, the police, but also evil black hoodie sunglasses wearing hackers). While a warrant for a server-side wiretap/search is just one single data source, narrowly focused on particular data and not easily exploited by hackers as it happens largely offline.
- cesarb 8y ago> Using the phrase 'frontdoor' sounds more 'legal' and appropriate. It's also wrong, since there already is a "front door" on all devices: just use the normal password/fingerprint/face picture to unlock it.