Re:Senators propose lawful access to encrypted data
by disgruntledphd2 on Saturday June 27, 2020 @01:46PM
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It's not Bad Actors you need to worry about, it's the NSA (but i suppose, they are potentially bad actors depending on your threat model).
The truly nefarious are going to use things like one-time pads and couriers anyway.
I'd fall short of calling this "security theater" (like the TSA) but flawed crypto seems more along the lines of keeping honest people honest.
Once the flaws are inserted in the crypto, then it's only a matter of time until Bad Actors figure out how to exploit the flaws.
It's not the first time that harm has been done in the name of good. But the technically savvy need to get the word out: this is not a "solvable" problem, and the optimal choice is to let crypto be crypto, if the individual citizen matters at all.