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but they DO have the option of designing their hardware and services to minimize trackable data, to get as close to "zero knowledge" as possible. The government
by eevilspock 12y ago
but they DO have the option of designing their hardware and services to minimize trackable data, to get as close to "zero knowledge" as possible. The government cannot force them to collect data, only share data that they have collected.
For example, there are alternatives to Dropbox that do this: http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jul/17/edward-snowden-dropbox-privacy-spideroak http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jul/17/edward-sno...
- mcintyre1994 12y agoHmm, interesting point actually. Lavabit shown the government can demand installation of their own surveillance equipment on a company's premises to gather that data themselves. I wonder if they could make the same demand on a company like Apple to install their own back doors if Apple decided not to collect that information themselves.
- mike_hearn 12y agoGovernments can force them to do anything: they know where Tim Cook lives and can ruin his life six ways from Sunday. Really, other than all the selectively enforced laws that exist already, all governments have to do is start passing laws that say "all communication systems must be interceptible by the government". Indeed CALEA already does this, but it's (again) selectively enforced. I don't know where this ends, but I suspect it ends up with lots of computer programmers rotting in jail, others going underground and everyone just accepting that they live in a totalitarian state run by the military, which constantly brainwashes its children to believe they live in the best country in the world.