Re:Senators propose lawful access to encrypted data
by kyboren on Saturday June 27, 2020 @03:09PM
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> The end result is, from the point of view of the individual writing this, is that implementors have special powers over individuals moving forward. This may or may not be a bad deal. Historically, humans have victimized other humans at astounding rates, including incentiving others to do the same, sucessfully.
Giving some group "special powers over individuals" "may or may not be a bad deal"?
If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men,
neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary.
In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great
difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed;
and in the next place oblige it to control itself. A dependence on the people is,
no doubt, the primary control on the government; but experience has taught mankind
the necessity of auxiliary precautions.
A major, major problem with locks and technical solutions is, that they keep un-trained people out, trained people must jump through hoops, but the implementors have special insight and resources in how to break it. Therefore, the implementors get special powers that individuals do not have, trained or not trained. Once again, US Senators believe that the implementors are "good enough" to be useful, given that errors, omissions and yes, crime, will occur.
The end result is, from the point of view of the individual writing this, is that implementors have special powers over individuals moving forward. This may or may not be a bad deal. Historically, humans have victimized other humans at astounding rates, including incentiving others to do the same, sucessfully. So, do you an individual, or you a responsible organization leader, believe that these particular implementors will be special over time and not use this power to victimize others?
lastly, throw in the murkier sides of "legal" and "victimization" .. Famously, most everything done in 1930s Germany was legal, at each step, encapsulated in the derogatory term "little Eichmann"
edit- over time, technical solutions will break or be leaked, and then all the "should / should not" is irrevocably out of the equation.. this last part is often what is referred to by technical analysts.. the chain of responsibility becomes un-fixably broken "when" not "if"