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There is some value in just forcing a backdoor on manufacturers without a ban. Plenty of people only get the benefits of encryption because it is on by default.
by redstripe 16y ago
There is some value in just forcing a backdoor on manufacturers without a ban. Plenty of people only get the benefits of encryption because it is on by default.
However, to be truly effective, yes they would have to ban other forms on encryption - this obvious inference was totally ignored in all news I read or saw of the clipper chip in the 90s. A sad illustration of the prevalent shallowness in mainstream tech reporting.
- iuyfgtrghjk 16y agoThe real problem with the clipper chips was the start of international communication - which meant the USA had to agree with Europe, Japan, China etc to share the keys. Same thing here, if the US has a backdoor into https/ssh, then the Eu will also want one, and Russia, and China, and India and the middle east. How long is your online shopping going to be secure when Nigeria or Somalia has the official government backdoor into your bank login. SO we can thank Amazon/Visa/Apple for quashing this one.