Re:Americans' Access to Strong Encryption Is at Risk, an Ope...
by rocqua on Thursday May 04, 2017 @07:14AM
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I actually agree with you that this is an issue. However, key-escrow has some issues that warrants don't have.
The first, as others have mentioned, is how easy it is to use an escrowed key without detection.
The second is the fact that strong encryption remains available. This means you need to outlaw strong encryption, at which point steganography comes up to hide the encryption.
Finally, key-escrow is a massive increase of the attack surface of encryption. It's almost as if the government mandates we all use TSA locks on our doors.
The first, as others have mentioned, is how easy it is to use an escrowed key without detection. The second is the fact that strong encryption remains available. This means you need to outlaw strong encryption, at which point steganography comes up to hide the encryption. Finally, key-escrow is a massive increase of the attack surface of encryption. It's almost as if the government mandates we all use TSA locks on our doors.