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 vbezhenar on Thursday May 04, 2017 @03:54AM (#14263268)

Government already has master key to anyone's home. They'll just break the door, it can be done easily. Proper encryption is a different beast, you just don't have that option to break the door.

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Re:Americans' Access to Strong Encryption Is at Risk, an Ope... by theandrewbailey on Thursday May 04, 2017 @11:48AM (#14265745)

Breaking a door is not the same as having its master key. It's a flaw of the door. Encryption can be broken as well, but everyone has encryption that is better at not breaking than most doors.

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Re:Americans' Access to Strong Encryption Is at Risk, an Ope... by thanksgiving on Thursday May 04, 2017 @04:36AM (#14263455)

Maybe there needs to be a publicly accessible/downloadable/searchable registry to which all warrants issued by any court in the us gets logged? Who has the mandate to create such a requirement?

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Re:Americans' Access to Strong Encryption Is at Risk, an Ope... by kabdib on Thursday May 04, 2017 @09:29AM (#14264628)

Government actions fly in the face of pesky requirements.

Black bag operations have always existed, and will always exist, despite legislation or other rule-making to the contrary.

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Re:Americans' Access to Strong Encryption Is at Risk, an Ope... by rocqua on Thursday May 04, 2017 @07:21AM (#14264013)

I can see a broken door, I can't see an escrowed key being accessed.

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