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There is too much deflection from the true purpose for these regulations. The main thing here is that if a Govt approaches a party to gain access to their encr
by vfclists 2y ago
There is too much deflection from the true purpose for these regulations.
The main thing here is that if a Govt approaches a party to gain access to their encrypted data the party can stall them, destroy the data, claim amnesia or point the Govt in the direction of their lawyers. If the Govt approaches Apple or some other company, the companies don't have to inform the targets and can probably compel the companies not to inform the targets.
With encryption there is even no hard evidence that the data sought exists.
This is the main reason for the laws. Their purpose is to gain access to encrypted information without their target's knowledge.
- jeroenhd 2y agoThough I doubt it's the main driving force of the government, a common theme in news articles about suicides and murders is family members being upset that Apple won't give iPhone backups or unlock codes to loved ones. Grieving family members often portray Apple as uncaring and unwilling to unlock devices with a simple software update. There are plenty of people with good intentions calling for backdoors like this. I believe a good government will know the implications and ignore the pleas, but it seems there aren't that many good governments left.