Americans' Access to Strong Encryption Is at Risk, an Open Letter to Congress

Re:Americans' Access to Strong Encryption Is at Risk, an Ope... by paulddraper on Wednesday May 03, 2017 @09:50PM (#14261810)

Encryption will never be intentionally backdoored on a large scale.

I think one of RSA argued this, basically "Do you really think the government will want to review and approve everything on the app store?"

Forcing big players to divulge data, making accused people decrypt their devices -- those are things the government could do. Encryption per se isn't in any danger.

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Re:Americans' Access to Strong Encryption Is at Risk, an Ope... by CoryG89 on Wednesday May 03, 2017 @09:55PM (#14261835)

I don't think it is the encryption protocols at risk really. Secure protocols exist now, they will continue to exist. It is the future hardware implementations and closed source software implementations that we will no longer be able to trust.

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Re:Americans' Access to Strong Encryption Is at Risk, an Ope... by bumblebeard on Thursday May 04, 2017 @02:19AM (#14262873)

Are we currently able to trust hardware and closed source software implementations?

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Re:Americans' Access to Strong Encryption Is at Risk, an Ope... by kakarot on Thursday May 04, 2017 @07:22AM (#14264020)

That's a negative, Ghost Rider

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Re:Americans' Access to Strong Encryption Is at Risk, an Ope... by rocqua on Thursday May 04, 2017 @07:28AM (#14264044)

The government doesn't review every app on the app-store to check whether it complies with CIPA (Children Internet Protection Act). And yet, most apps do comply. Why? because people don't like to break laws, especially when the fines are rather large.

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