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The last line is the most important: if there is a backdoor (that is the Lawful Interception interface) there is no guarantee that it won't be used by unauthori

The last line is the most important: if there is a backdoor (that is the Lawful Interception interface) there is no guarantee that it won't be used by unauthorized third parties. Anyone could have predicted that something like the Google hack was going to happen. I also seem to remember that there was a similar incident involving the cellphone network in Greece.

betterunix 13y ago
I would say that the most important issue is that an already over-powered law enforcement agency is asking for even more power. The recent journalist surveillance scandal should give a clue about the dangers of law enforcement surveillance. This proposal by the FBI will make that sort of surveillance easier. They are trying to grab more power to gather evidence against people, and by extension more power to arrest people. We already have the largest prison population in the world. There is no pressing need to expand it.
rpgmaker 13y ago
On top of this, the FBI doesn't have a "going dark" problem. For more on this please read Trevor Timm (an activist for the EFF and Executive Director of the Freedom of the Press Foundation) on the topic here: http://dprogram.net/2013/04/17/going-dark-whats-so-wrong-with-the-governments-plan-to-tap-our-internet/ http://dprogram.net/2013/04/17/going-dark-whats-so-wrong-wit... "Trevor Timm: Well, yeah. They’ve been complaining about this “Going Dark” problem for years now and we’ve never really seen any actual evidence that this actually exists. The FBI or the DOJ has to report the number of times they run into encryption when they ask for surveillance. Every year they have to report back how many times they ultimately couldn’t get the information they sought; the number is always 0—for the last 11 years." He shared this on twitter a while ago: https://twitter.com/trevortimm/status/331985318620327936 https://twitter.com/trevortimm/status/331985318620327936

betterunix 13y ago

I would say that the most important issue is that an already over-powered law enforcement agency is asking for even more power. The recent journalist surveillance scandal should give a clue about the dangers of law enforcement surveillance. This proposal by the FBI will make that sort of surveillance easier. They are trying to grab more power to gather evidence against people, and by extension more power to arrest people. We already have the largest prison population in the world. There is no pressing need to expand it.

rpgmaker 13y ago

On top of this, the FBI doesn't have a "going dark" problem. For more on this please read Trevor Timm (an activist for the EFF and Executive Director of the Freedom of the Press Foundation) on the topic here: http://dprogram.net/2013/04/17/going-dark-whats-so-wrong-with-the-governments-plan-to-tap-our-internet/ http://dprogram.net/2013/04/17/going-dark-whats-so-wrong-wit... "Trevor Timm: Well, yeah. They’ve been complaining about this “Going Dark” problem for years now and we’ve never really seen any actual evidence that this actually exists. The FBI or the DOJ has to report the number of times they run into encryption when they ask for surveillance. Every year they have to report back how many times they ultimately couldn’t get the information they sought; the number is always 0—for the last 11 years." He shared this on twitter a while ago: https://twitter.com/trevortimm/status/331985318620327936 https://twitter.com/trevortimm/status/331985318620327936