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If a third party can build a box to decrypt your encryption without you providing a key, then instead of suing the third party out of existence, you should pick
by josephcsible 4y ago
If a third party can build a box to decrypt your encryption without you providing a key, then instead of suing the third party out of existence, you should pick a new encryption algorithm that's actually secure. Consider this analogy: should Master Lock be able to sue companies that make padlock shims, since several of their locks are vulnerable to shimming attacks?
- Matheus28 4y agoIf people use weak locks on their house I should be able to pick them and let myself in, right?
- josephcsible 4y agoNo. My point is if you do that, only you should get in trouble, not the company that made the lockpicks you used.
- Matheus28 4y agoThe companies that made the lockpicks have the argument that they're only to be used by professional locksmiths in the process of opening a lock that the owner has authorized them to, which is legal. Selling a tool that only has illegal uses would quickly lead to trouble. The third party clients can only be used in a way that violates the ToS.
- dleslie 4y agoBuilding and owning circumvention devices is generally legal; using those devices to access things protected by locks, which you are not authorized access, is generally not legal.