The FBI doesn't want to have to force tech companies to weaken encryption
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Re: The FBI doesn't want to have to force tech companies to weaken encryption
#2No of course they don't, they just want a direct back door :)
Re: The FBI doesn't want to have to force tech companies to weaken encryption
#3So they wanted to force companies to provide backdoors. Then they got a lot of push back from many different fronts - The EFF, security professionals, companies and the general public and realized how unpopular their proposal was. Now they "just want to talk about it" so that the companies and security experts can come up with an idea "themselves" and it won't seem like the FBI is forcing it on anyone and that this idea is "coming from the industry". This has the added benefit that talking about it for a while and having it in the news will normalize the idea for the general public.
Does that sound about right?
Re: The FBI doesn't want to have to force tech companies to weaken encryption
#4Great, and I don't want to dismantle the TSA, I just want to have a backdoor to the plane.
Re: The FBI doesn't want to have to force tech companies to weaken encryption
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Re: The FBI doesn't want to have to force tech companies to weaken encryption
#6No, they want the companies to voluntarily weaken security by adding backdoors and then giving keys to the government when needed. Of course the government wants the company to be in charge of holding the keys, that way when the government leaks them they can point all fingers at the companies (because once the government is given a key, they are going to hold onto it even if it isn't immediately linked due to already compromised systems).
There is only one professional fitting response: No. (There are a lot of fitting but less professional responses, but I'll leave those to your imagination.)