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People who intend to enter a middle school and kill kids can hide their plans and communications using 256-bit encryption. Edit: Devil's advocate.
by dictum 13y ago
People who intend to enter a middle school and kill kids can hide their plans and communications using 256-bit encryption.
Edit: Devil's advocate.
- jacquesm 13y agoOr they could be loners or they could meet and communicate face to face.
- dictum 13y agoI suppose most people who shoot schools have no partners helping them, but at some point they may need to find information to help them carry the attacks, and encryption would help them conceal the fact that they have this information, and how much information they have. I just think that a politician moved by the desire to do something could construe non-backdoored encryption as something that "helps the enemy."
- AnIrishDuck 13y agoClearly we must curtail this dangerous "face-to-face" communication that cannot be monitored at will by our benevolent government.
- bigiain 13y agoYou're right. That's why I'm introducing a bill to make it illegal to have a conversation without a certified government agent (or authorized private contractor) present. To improve citizen's security, a rider on the bill will also make it illegal to talk about, write about, or represent in interpretive dance the existence of those agents. :-/
- TrainedMonkey 13y agoEver heard about presumption of innocence? Just because you have physical capability to do something, does not give right to spy on you. Now if there is clear evidence that you are predisposed to do something, then you go to the judge and get a warrant for surveillance. And no, expectation of privacy by using strong encryption is not any kind of evidence, it is matter of personal choice/preference.
- oconnor0 13y agoFortunately using encryption now means you have something to hide & thus are gives the government reason to spy.