Interpol plans to condemn encryption spread, citing predators

Re:Interpol plans to condemn encryption spread, citing preda... by saagarjha on Monday November 18, 2019 @08:20AM (#21564048)

> Someone uses encryption? Jail him regardless of the content.

Right, so by using Hacker News you're falling afoul of your own rules.

> You can't hide the existence of the message.

You totally can: properly encrypted data is indistinguishable from random noise.

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Re:Interpol plans to condemn encryption spread, citing preda... by malka on Wednesday November 27, 2019 @02:35PM (#21651184)

These are not my rules. The parent poster said that the government CANNOT ban encryption. It can. No message can be totally hiden from a motivated enough opponent.

The random noise IS the point. you cannot hide its very existence, and a government agent might not want to believe you if you said that it's just random data.

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