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> Yes, it’s serious (in response to your handle). I don’t think it’s necessary to create a throwaway to respond and is also against hn policy. Not a throwaway.
by isthisserious 7y ago
> Yes, it’s serious (in response to your handle). I don’t think it’s necessary to create a throwaway to respond and is also against hn policy.
Not a throwaway. I'm a lurker who was stunned into commenting.
As for E2E2EE, this doesn't solve the bad actors problem.
Here is exactly why this wont work: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/06/technology/twitter-saudi-arabia-spies.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/06/technology/twitter-saudi-...
- dropoutcoder 7y agoThe article you linked is an example of why offering access to employees who aren’t properly vetted, don’t have security clearances is a bad idea. Further, a proper exceptional access system, in my view, will aim to reduce abuses as described in the article you’ve linked, perhaps even using a design that offers technologically enforced checks and balances against abuses.
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