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The three areas of contention in the bill: > A technical assistance request (TAR): Police ask a company to "voluntarily" help, such as give technical details a
by oedmarap 8y ago
The three areas of contention in the bill:
> A technical assistance request (TAR): Police ask a company to "voluntarily" help, such as give technical details about the development of a new online service.
> A technical assistance notice (TAN): A company is required to give assistance. For example, if they can decrypt a specific communication, they must or face fines.
> A technical capability notice (TCN): The company must build a new function to help police get at a suspect's data, or face fines.
This approach is ripe for abuse. Even if a company is served with a TAN and "can't technically decrypt" then a TCN can force them to downgrade/backdoor the platform security to comply. The TAR seems token at best.
- mikro2nd 8y agoThought experiment: Company gets served with a TCN. They task Jolene (Snr Programmer) to implement the backdoor. She does so in a way that spews information far and wide in a highly visible manner. What are the consequences for Jolene and/or the company, especially when the spooks cry foul and Jolene's lawyer/Company replies with something along the lines of "I guess she's just incompetent and did a bad job. Sorry. But we did comply with your TCN." Does this law actually address such a scenario?
- brokenmachine 8y agoJolene and some people from the company go to jail for exposing the Gestapo overreach. The govt talks about being tough on baddies, coal keeps being sold, there's no pedophiles in my house and wow, it's Sunday so lets all watch the footy!!