Re:A Baltimore police officer accidentally recorded himself ...
by netsharc on Thursday July 20, 2017 @11:29AM
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"Crypto key" is an interesting point... distribute the crypto keys to several parties that won't collude with each other, and only when they see fit will they allow access to the video. Although then we would have a problem of what if one of them goes rogue or is trying to protect someone who's a golfing buddy...
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Re:A Baltimore police officer accidentally recorded himself ...
by koolba on Thursday July 20, 2017 @11:42AM
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In theory you could use something a secret sharing algo[1] to distribute the key among a set of people. It doesn't have to unanimous either. If we designate a 7 judge panel to be in charge of deciding who gets access, we could give each a piece of the key and a 4+ majority could unlock the key.
Unfortunately it's wishful thinking / cipherpunk porn to imagine a world where that actually happens.
In reality the videos would probably be stored in plaintext, there wouldn't be viable/tested backups of them, there would be no log of who has access to them (the log would exist but it wouldn't log actual access), an insane number of contractors working for the department of justice would have access to all the videos (though most wouldn't realize it) rather than it being on a need to know basis, and just about every other infosec / PII issue you can imagine would apply as well.
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shamir%27s_Secret_Sharing