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The argument regarding general use of encryption for communication is that (a) law enforcement private keys would leak sooner or later, suddenly exposing everyo
by layer8 1y ago
The argument regarding general use of encryption for communication is that (a) law enforcement private keys would leak sooner or later, suddenly exposing everyone’s past communication, and that (b) criminals would just use “forbidden” encryption (“if x is outlawed, only outlaws will use x”).
- charcircuit 1y ago(a) LE keys don't have to be all powerful. It can require actions from other parties such as the company that is running the chat or a judge. It can limit the scope of who or what messages can be decrypted. (b) Perfect is the enemy of good. Smaller services won't have the same utility and network effects of large ones.