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That's the definition of backdoor they use, and that's often used when other proposals of "lawful access" are discussed A completely secret backdoor is unlikel
by g-b-r 2y ago
That's the definition of backdoor they use, and that's often used when other proposals of "lawful access" are discussed
A completely secret backdoor is unlikely to be safer than official "LI" are, anyhow
- unethical_ban 2y agoIf someone sets up a VPN gateway to a secure system for law enforcement, and that VPN gets popped, do we call that a backdoor? To me, backdoors are methods of access that rely on obscurity, mostly do to one or more parties being unaware of its existence. If an ISP and government both know an access vectors exists and it uses standard protocols without known exploits, then that is not what I call a "backdoor".
- g-b-r 2y agoWell, a backdoor is more traditionally referred to be something secret, but if I remember correctly it's been routinely used for the overt LI things as well, at least since the "crypto wars" in the 90s It sure is how the EFF is using the word in this article