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From https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6029173 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6029173 A telecommunications carrier shall not be responsible for decry
by yread 13y ago
From
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6029173 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6029173
A telecommunications carrier shall not be responsible for decrypting, or ensuring the government’s ability to decrypt, any communication encrypted by a subscriber or customer, unless the encryption was provided by the carrier and the carrier possesses the information necessary to decrypt the communication.
So, if the carrier provides the encryption he will be responsible for "decrypting, or ensuring the government’s ability to decrypt" that encryption.
Conclusion: securing communication (in US) can only be done with external tools/plugins
- mtgx 13y agoCALEA says otherwise: http://paranoia.dubfire.net/2010/09/calea-and-encryption.html http://paranoia.dubfire.net/2010/09/calea-and-encryption.htm...
- Zigurd 13y agoThe test you posted there excuses service providers from liability if either the encryption, or the key, are not provided by the service provider. Providing secure communications with either ephemeral or customer-provided keys is in no way illegal.