masscrypteria

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by masscrypteria 7y ago
I can’t downvote you but your response doesn’t add any value to the conversation.
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by masscrypteria 7y ago
Founding fathers had no way of knowing of the current state of affairs, technologically speaking. Imagine billions of unbreakable safes containing secret messages to and from anyone globally, instantly transported to anywhere in the world.
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by masscrypteria 7y ago
The techies who agree tend to frequent circles other than hacker news.
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by masscrypteria 7y ago
It’s not just the chip. It has a PCI bus. But you knew that already.
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by masscrypteria 7y ago
No, not true. Crypto isn’t perfect as is, and involves levels of security. Two party crypto has two parties who could leak the data. Two party with exceptional access has three. Current crypto is susceptible to brute force via shor’s and qu
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by masscrypteria 7y ago
It’s just a brainstorming idea. There would be a key as well - the idea would require both the key and substantial computational power for exceptional access Brainstorming ideas are meant to be thrown out. Attacking the idea respectfully is
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by masscrypteria 7y ago
It’s a trade off. There’s no cognitive dissonance, just refusal to work towards better compromises. Lovely argument, though. Euphemistically it’s clear you’re very passionate about this issue. Maybe my hacker news throwaway should’ve been
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by masscrypteria 7y ago
Pre quantum algos have this shortcoming built in
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by masscrypteria 7y ago
The government has a different idea of what constitutes “broken” in this case. Of course adding a third party introduces additional risks. Two parties versus three parties: All can access the clear info; neither scenario is without risk. T
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by masscrypteria 7y ago
Let’s leave politics and assumptions about me out of it, please. Same point: figure out a technological and procedural solution to the human attack vector. If “security professionals” all agree on ideology or theory that it’s not possible a
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by masscrypteria 7y ago
There’s no discussion of how to build exceptional access encryption that solves the weakening issue, just that it “can’t be done”. The spirit of this initiative in 2019 is likely more about stopping strong encryption at scale, which is cert
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by masscrypteria 7y ago
Bad guys already do use such schemes and more. If the government can’t crack strong encryption as-is, the problem is that strong encryption is deployed at scale.
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by masscrypteria 7y ago
Build a better exceptional access encryption system that solves human and technological shortcomings. Removing strong encryption at scale would have far more effect than what you’ve described.
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by masscrypteria 7y ago
Strong encryption absolutely impedes investigations. And, what indication is there that the primary purpose of mass surveillance is blackmail?