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I am not an American, but I can't imagine that this will ever hold up. In a world where filing cabinets and office safes are vanishing, the courts would be cut
by Sapient 15y ago
I am not an American, but I can't imagine that this will ever hold up.
In a world where filing cabinets and office safes are vanishing, the courts would be cutting off access to a major source of evidence they need for successful prosecutions. Financial crimes would become much harder to prosecute, and many "digital" crimes could become impossible.
I just cant imagine your government allowing that. The only alternative I can imagine is them making unbreakable encryption illegal for civilian use.
- ajross 15y agoIllegal strong encryption was, in fact, the law for many years. It was changed only when it was realized that the lack of robust security was harming the emerging "e-commerce" markets. Certainly it wasn't due to a concern about 4th and 5th amendment rights.
- jdhopeunique 15y agoCertainly the export of strong encryption technology was illegal, but the domestic use was not as far as I'm aware. Which law made strong encryption illegal?
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- nl 15y agoStrong encryption was never illegal, but there was speculation that the Clipper chip[1] was the first step towards making it so. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clipper_chip http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clipper_chip