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Seems to me we're going to have to let the anti-encryption mob have their way until things go wrong—bigtime. No amount of expert advice will convince them until
by hilbert42 5mo ago
Seems to me we're going to have to let the anti-encryption mob have their way until things go wrong—bigtime. No amount of expert advice will convince them until they witness firsthand the negative consequences of weakening encryption.
It's only afterwards and as a consequence some highly
newsworthy disasters occur such as a child abduction or political sex scandal involving a high profile politician come to light that the lay public will get the message that weak encryption is effectively no encryption.
In the meantime criminals will be early adopters of more sophisticated messaging such as steganography.
- xingped 5mo agoWould be nice, but you know they'll carve out exceptions for themselves or use "unauthorized" messaging channels regardless with no consequences. It is _always_ "rules for thee, not for me" with politicians.
- Mars008 5mo ago> Seems to me we're going to have to let the anti-encryption mob have their way until things go wrong—bigtime. Been there, seen that. That's how Pakistan got nuclear bomb. France was just making friends.
- rurban 5mo agoEngland gave Pakistan the nuclear bomb. Churchill's "greatest" idea
- BrenBarn 5mo agoIn most cases I think the revelation of a scandal involving a high-profile politician would be a good thing. (That is, better than it remaining secret.)
- Razengan 5mo ago> until they witness firsthand the negative consequences of weakening encryption. They won't be affected. The hitherto invisible but very real wall between social classes is just going to become more visible for "First World" civilians the way it's been in "lesser" countries for decades already. Actual "criminals" have always been able to get around all the restrictions ever put in place since the dawn of civilization, it's just the common folk that get trodded on and kept in their place.
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- petre 5mo agoThis sounds a bit like Lenin. We know it doesn't work because in the power void created a worse opressor will flourish. How about I take my business to Ireland if you ban encryption or avoid taxes that fund your paycheck, as an individual?
- walletdrainer 5mo agoWould you not kill a man who tries to force their way into your home to read your correspondence? I would! If you aren’t willing to draw non-negotiable lines, you will simply end up ceding more and more of your freedom in exchange for nothing.
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- dotancohen 5mo agoDid you just openly call for political assassination of French lawmakers in a public forum?
- walletdrainer 5mo agoThe murdering of French lawmakers is something we frequently celebrate here in France. Your profile suggests that you’re in Israel, where groups like the Irgun are celebrated as national heroes. Violent struggle against perceived oppressors shouldn’t be an unfamiliar concept.
- flowerthoughts 5mo agoTo be fair, the EU governments led the way to an unencrypted future with TETRA and the broken TEA1 encryption scheme. They're just giving back freedom and openness to the people now. /s
- leonidasrup 5mo agoWeakening of encryption standards is much older than that. Weakening of the DES encryption by US goverment in 1970s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_Encryption_Standard https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_Encryption_Standard The GSM encryption from 1990s "Security researcher Ross Anderson reported in 1994 that "there was a terrific row between the NATO signal intelligence agencies in the mid-1980s over whether GSM encryption should be strong or not. The Germans said it should be, as they shared a long border with the Warsaw Pact; but the other countries didn't feel this way, and the algorithm as now fielded is a French design." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A5/1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A5/1
- nerdsniper 5mo agoThis is generally my opinion on accelerationism as a solution to concerning trends: https://thebad.website/comic/accelerationism https://thebad.website/comic/accelerationism
- ykonstant 5mo agoYep, that's exactly right.
- mrkeen 5mo agoI don't think I've ever seen a consequence (from a legislator's POV.) If someone does a high-profile enough hack, that can only mean more laws and increased police power to target it.
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- ttoinou 5mo agoI think there’s no turning back in this kind of laws. What has been lost is lost. In France a lot of public databases were leaked recently. It cannot be undone