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This guy keeps using the same arguments that fail in the pre-mobile security world. > Maybe the crime is child molestation offenses involving child pornography
by joeblau 12y ago
This guy keeps using the same arguments that fail in the pre-mobile security world.
> Maybe the crime is child molestation offenses involving child pornography, or maybe it’s a conspiracy to commit murder or to inflict violence.
First, I think that situation is terrible and should definitely be investigated lawfully. The challenge is that if a person molests a child and there is evidence in a car, the Authorities do not serve the auto manufacturers with a warrant saying "Give me a copy of the key to this persons vehicle so we can inspect it." The Authorities serve the individual. That is the point of crypto in this case. The consumer of the property owns the product instead of giving ownership to the corporation who makes the product.
Automobile manufactures don't give authorities back door keys to your cars. Lock manufactures don't give authorities back door keys to your home. So why should Apple give them back door keys to your phone?
- wmf 12y agoCar and door locks aren't infinitely strong, so maybe that's not a good analogy.
- cjslep 12y agoCrypto is only finitely strong (even if very large).
- ufo 12y agoIts effectively infinite if you need the whole energy output of the sun to crack it.
- JetSpiegel 12y agoAnd what deployable algorithm does that?
- ufo 12y agoI was thinking about the cost to brute force a long private key. http://security.stackexchange.com/a/25392/36414 http://security.stackexchange.com/a/25392/36414
- joeblau 12y agoThe argument the author is making is not about how hard the algorithm is to crack, it's about process. Also, I was a CISSP and everything can eventually be cracked. It's just a matter of time and access--that's why most process put in place is to limit those two factors.
- wmf 12y agoOne is related to the other. If the police have a warrant for the contents of a car they don't contact the car manufacturer only because picking the lock is easier.