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But government did not establish the precise nature of imminent "national security" threat by these apps, nor did establish that these apps violated American la

• acituan 6y ago
  Just to play devil’s advocate, I can imagine a game theoretic scenario in which revealing what we know about let’s say a deliberate cryptographic vulnerability will potentially make the other party switch to another vulnerability we don’t know, or reveal our capabilities in discovering the specific class of such vulnerabilities, therefore withholding information is advantageous. I.e they can’t go “nobody tell China, but this is the precise reason” in certain scenarios. Not saying that is necessarily the case here, but definitely a possibility.
  • pishpash 6y ago
    They can show the court in private. What it can't be is "trust us" because that's a wide gaping loophole.