Re:Americans' Access to Strong Encryption Is at Risk, an Ope...
by Sacho on Thursday May 04, 2017 @07:00AM
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How do you plan to prove that a person can unencrypt certain communication and is not simply an intermediary?
What if a hacker plants "secret encrypted documents" on your computer, and then the government demands that you produce a key for them? This situation has allegedly already played out with child porn[0], and planting drugs is not unheard of by unscrupulous police officers[1]. Essentially, you're back at the issue GP describes - we don't trust government employees with this much power over our lives.
What if a hacker plants "secret encrypted documents" on your computer, and then the government demands that you produce a key for them? This situation has allegedly already played out with child porn[0], and planting drugs is not unheard of by unscrupulous police officers[1]. Essentially, you're back at the issue GP describes - we don't trust government employees with this much power over our lives.
[0] - https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/09/world/europe/vladimir-put...
[1] - https://www.innocenceproject.org/leaked-documents-show-alaba...