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Of course, if a child predator really wants to conceal their communication and it's not built into the chat service, they can do so using, say, PGP and some sor
by boomlinde 7y ago
Of course, if a child predator really wants to conceal their communication and it's not built into the chat service, they can do so using, say, PGP and some sort of steganography.
On the other hand, that law enforcement agencies can catch criminals today using e.g. Messenger means that there are criminals that are not careful or savvy enough to do so.
IMO end-to-end encrypted chat should be regarded as private eye-to-eye conversation. It's understandably convenient for law enforcement if it isn't. In the end, that a criminal can say something incriminating to another in private is not a new problem.
- koheripbal 7y agoI understand that child predators are thrown around a lot as an example of why backdoors are needed - but, in reality, it's the worst example. The crimes that warrant a violation of public privacy would need to be those that create _systemic_ risk. Like on the order of the 9-11 attacks that were so disruptive to the entire country that they merit a (temporary) privacy sacrifice. Child predators are used for their emotional bait, because everyone agrees they are hated, but for all the horror they inflict, they do not cause a systemic problem.