Times Pulls Article Blaming Encryption in Paris Terror Attack

Re:Times Pulls Article Blaming Encryption in Paris Terror At... by shkkmo on Tuesday November 17, 2015 @11:39AM (#10582203)

Encryption is important and is crucial to the security mechanisms that underly the whole internet. I don't think anybody is seriously advocating making encryption illegal. (Which makes your argument pointless.)

What does seem being argued for is to mandate adding a 'backdoor' for the government.

The counter argument to that is that adding a 'backdoor' makes the encryption pretty much worthless.

The weighing of risks of this and the importance for privacy versus the anti-terrorism fighting benefits is the only debate (not) happening.

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Re:Times Pulls Article Blaming Encryption in Paris Terror At... by melling on Tuesday November 17, 2015 @12:14PM (#10582491)

"Which makes your argument pointless"

Of course it doesn't, and that's not what I meant. I didn't mean wholesale outlaw, as in no one would be allowed to use it. Governments can mandate consumer communication technology, for example, like they are trying to do with Apple now.

http://betanews.com/2015/11/17/tim-cook-apple-wont-weaken-en...

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