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I regret that the discussion about message encryption is so black and white. Encryption is being used to evade prosecution for crimes such revenge porn, CSAM an
by superjan 3y ago
I regret that the discussion about message encryption is so black and white. Encryption is being used to evade prosecution for crimes such revenge porn, CSAM and criminal conspiracy. For one, I would not mind if encryption was forbidden for group chats bigger than 10 people, or that large groups are forbidden to share encrypted images.
- aunty_helen 3y agoWould that put a stop to these types of criminal activity? (No)
- anthk 3y agoThey would just set groups of 5 people creating rings with token connected to outside networks. Did it solve anything as you said? No. On encryption, with base64 and rotations over text you get nonsense and still plain text.
- tavavex 3y agoHow's that justifiable in any way but "I feel like it'd be nice"? Like, what's the logical process that dictates that being in a group of more than specifically 10 people in likely to cause illegal activity? Why can I talk privately with 9 people, but not 10? My point is that all this legislation is pushed as anti-criminal because it's the best spotlight to put mass data surveillance under. In reality, the powers that governments will reap from this ability stretch much further. Would you be okay with the exact same measures in real life? Should large gatherings of people require everyone to wear a wiretap, lest they conspire to commit something illegal? Should we mandate inspection of every postal package, just in case there are drugs or other illegal contents?
- anthk 3y agoThen make everyone group >10 people go outside nude to any event/concert, just to be sure.
- spurgu 3y agoOnce you have it in place there's suddenly a good argument for "if 10, why not 9?" -> "if 9, why not 8?" etc etc. --> 5. ---> 2.