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Re:Senator asks FBI director to name the cryptographers who ... by cvwright on Thursday January 25, 2018 @04:38PM (#16234922)
Well, the one idea we have now is to limit it to whoever can authorize spending thousands or millions of dollars in electricity to solve a computational puzzle that recovers the key.

In practice, I'd like to see it require judicial oversight to release the funds.

Re:Senator asks FBI director to name the cryptographers who ... by yarrel on Thursday January 25, 2018 @06:14PM (#16235660)
How will you ensure that botnets are brought under judicial oversight?