DOJ plans to strike against encryption while the Techlash iron is hot

Post by brokenmachine » Thu, Feb 27, 2020, 5:01 AM UTC

belval wrote: post #310

KorematsuFred wrote: post #225

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> This was in the capital of one of the poorest countries in Europe, but it was still one of the safest places I've ever been. Obviously if you put all people in jail they will be very safe there. But then you have less people working and producing more useful stuff than rotting in jail. The best example I give of this trade off between freedom and safety is that of women in saudi arabia. They have the least amount o…

This is plain false, with no legislation protecting women from marital rape and punishment for women who report rape, nothing indicates that Saudi Arabia actually has "the least amount of sexual violence in the world" this is a laughable statement at best. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape_in_Saudi_Arabia

Post by joe_the_user » Thu, Feb 27, 2020, 5:46 AM UTC

bcrosby95 wrote: post #3

> the “techlash” by Congress and the public “in the wake of myriad privacy scandals” and the 2016 election This just makes my head explode. Because tech companies tend to be poor at privacy, let's use that logic to make it so the government can invade your privacy anytime they want?

Post by MarcScott » Thu, Feb 27, 2020, 6:54 AM UTC

ColanR wrote: post #250

makerofspoons wrote: post #30

So terrorists will use one-time pads and other strong encryption and everyone else will have their information exposed on a massive scale when the backdoors inevitably are exploited.

I look forward to the day when one time pads are the norm for general encryption. A scifi novel I read, "A Deepness in the Sky" described how the pads themselves were a valuable item of trade. I don't think it's farfetched to imagine purchasing OTP data to use with internet browsing, the way we buy yubikeys to use with passwords. It would be a far simpler encryption scheme than those we currently use, and that simpli…

Post by boring_twenties » Thu, Feb 27, 2020, 8:13 AM UTC

Andrew_nenakhov wrote: post #207

hurricanetc wrote: post #129

This will just push people to open source applications and peer to peer networking. Basically, devolve back to the early days of the internet with regard to person to person communications. How is the DoJ going to force Signal or even Telegram to add a back door?

I really would not be surprised if will surface that Telegram has a backdoor for Russian special services. After Anton Rosenberg's posts [1] and Durov's (very unconvincing) responses, it is clear that Durov lies a lot how Telegram operates, and it is quite likely that all their 'blocking' in Russia is just a show to boost credibility. It also should be noted, that while Telegram markets itself as the most safe and pr…

Post by craydandy » Thu, Feb 27, 2020, 9:52 AM UTC

distances wrote: post #267

SkyBelow wrote: post #253

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Many times that are implemented so that IT isn't monitored, and the staff who is monitored can have selective enforcement. This allows for people to be fired for abusing their access when in reality they are being fire for some other action that isn't nearly as PR friendly to state.

> This allows for people to be fired for abusing their access when in reality they are being fire for some other action that isn't nearly as PR friendly to state. TBH sounds a bit like a conspiracy theory. And for what it's worth, at least in Finland getting caught snooping isn't cause for firing people, the convictions have been fines.