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Should we say that no building is really locked, since the fire department is alway able to force entry?
by closeparen 6y ago
Should we say that no building is really locked, since the fire department is alway able to force entry?
- posterboy 6y agoWe are not talking about human habitats that are supposed to be transitable by design. We are talking about lockers within this habitat, that remain secure even if the house is burning, because you don't want thieves who arrive before the firedepartment to have access to your guns. It's a civil obligation. "really locked" is using a wholy misused modifier. Neither are we talking about royal priviliges, nor the distinction to virtualized fantasy. The necessary capability of encryptian is effectivity. The effectivity of regular locks is indeed a matter of concern in the security industry to begin with, as lock picking sessions at Defcon make clear. But, if the fireman's axe shreds the frontdoor, at least there will be no denying that you have been literally hacked.
- damnencryption 6y agoScale and viability. Your fire department can't break force entry without notifying others in the area or do it to every building in the city. Now digitally, that's not true. You can keep collecting data without anyone knowing at an unprecedented scale.