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Here's a thought. Private[0] keys could be held in escrow, with sss[1] being used to decrypt, publically. The sss shares could be held by different branches o
by emmelaich 5y ago
Here's a thought. Private[0] keys could be held in escrow, with sss[1] being used to decrypt, publically. The sss shares could be held by different branches of government. (state,federal,exeecutive,legislative,judicial)
Please shoot my idea down.
[0] or 'backdoor' keys
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shamir%27s_Secret_Sharing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shamir%27s_Secret_Sharing (or similar)
- charcircuit 5y agoPersonally I think the company should also hold a key. They would use this key after verifying that a warrant is valid. I also think giving out hardware keys with rate limiting / logging features along with key rotation / revocation is essential to reducing abuse.
- notfed 5y agoThis is called a backdoor, whether you like it or not. Pinky-promising not to abuse the backdoor key doesn't make it not a backdoor. Backdoors will be abused by governments. Have we learned nothing from the Snowden leaks?
- charcircuit 5y ago>A backdoor is a typically covert method of bypassing normal authentication or encryption in a computer, product, embedded device, or its embodiment. >Wikipedia My suggestion isn't covert, nor does it bypass encryption. >2. A means of access to a computer system that allows unauthorized users to circumvent normal authentication procedures. >thefreedictionary People with warrants are authorized to access the messages.