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A law enforcement backdoor into encrypted messaging is a good thing for society overall, and it's not unreasonable for Dutch lawmakers such as Grapperhaus to pu
by typooner 4y ago
A law enforcement backdoor into encrypted messaging is a good thing for society overall, and it's not unreasonable for Dutch lawmakers such as Grapperhaus to push for this as a long-term solution.
Fortunately, there are plenty of alternative approaches to this right now that effectively give law enforcement the equivalent of backdoor access, often not just to encrypted messaging applications like WhatsApp but the entire device too.
Reading between the lines, this is likely why plans to legislate for encrypted messaging backdoors were quietly shelved, for now. But it's coming eventually.
- Nextgrid 4y ago> A law enforcement backdoor into encrypted messaging is a good thing for society overall Why?
- raverbashing 4y ago> A law enforcement backdoor into encrypted messaging is a good thing for society overall, Is that why you created a throwaway? Privacy for thee but not for other people? I definitely would want a backdoor on the communications of every politician pushing for those kind of backdoors, that would be a net benefit to society
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- SirHound 4y agoIt’s not a good thing. A back door to encryption is oxymoronic.
- meibo 4y agoConsidering the technical and moral illiteracy of police and the judicial branch in many western European countries, this would be extremely prone to abuse, which is why it is not a good idea to enable it by law. Not only that, it's also just useless. Criminals and child predators don't use commercial services to share their offerings and material, they use private forums. Placing all citizens under suspicion and privatizing criminal justice is not the right way.
- feanaro 4y ago> A law enforcement backdoor into encrypted messaging is a good thing for society overall You state this as fact, yet almost no one agrees with you.
- LatteLazy 4y agoProve it, publish all your messages and tell us your bank details and your pin number and your passwords and your home address and name.