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Re:White House weighs encryption crackdown by pjc50 on Friday June 28, 2019 @02:43PM (#20307566)
> The canonical example here is child pornography.

This is always the example used to justify anything unreasonable to suspects. For me it's an automatic argument loser, like Godwin's Law.

Re:White House weighs encryption crackdown by txru on Friday June 28, 2019 @03:11PM (#20307853)
I'm not using to suggest unreasonable actions to subjects, I'm using that example as a clear example where the data is, itself, incriminating to possess or transact.
Re:White House weighs encryption crackdown by saagarjha on Friday June 28, 2019 @02:52PM (#20307663)
In this case you can replace it pretty easily with any sort of material that’s illegal to possess, such as intellectual property that you do not own the rights to.
Re:White House weighs encryption crackdown by pjc50 on Friday June 28, 2019 @03:03PM (#20307773)
I don't think this is helping your argument, especially on HN. "We need to end privacy to preserve Warner Brothers and Disney profit margins"?

(If I have a DRM encrypted file that I don't have the keys for, am I now committing two offences? Are law enforcement entitled to a free copy of the HDCP keys?)

Re:White House weighs encryption crackdown by saagarjha on Sunday June 30, 2019 @04:24AM (#20317051)
That's not the point: s/DRM/any sort of "illegal" content/g. Note that I am not discussing (or providing my position on) whether it should be possible to own "illegal" content, I'm just clarifying txru's argument.