Why no-one in America was arrested as part of Operation Ironside

Re:Why no-one in America was arrested as part of Operation I... by londons_explore on Tuesday June 15, 2021 @07:22AM (#27513682)

It's time to weaken the legal privacy protections of users, but strengthen the technical protection (encryption) and strengthen the requirement to notify users whose data has been accessed.

I'd like so see police able to access any unencrypted data for any court sanctioned purpose, but within 6 weeks I'd like the owner of that data notified that the police have used their data and the reasons why.

Then people can vote with their feet and use only encrypted services for things...

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Re:Why no-one in America was arrested as part of Operation I... by ur-whale on Tuesday June 15, 2021 @08:45AM (#27514480)

>It's time to weaken the legal privacy protections ...

I'm sure you do believe that, and that if you lift enough rocks for a long enough time, you will find a couple of weirdos who agree with you.

What you're basically saying is you want to relinquish legal protection in favor of technical protection.

First, you clearly have never been the target of the full force of the government (technical layers will be absolutely no protection), and second, thankfully, you're not a majority.

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Re:Why no-one in America was arrested as part of Operation I... by ViViDboarder on Wednesday June 16, 2021 @01:58AM (#27525357)

> I'd like so see police able to access any unencrypted data for any court sanctioned purpose

They already can. That’s what warrants are for. Why should privacy protections be weakened?

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Re:Why no-one in America was arrested as part of Operation I... by kube-system on Tuesday June 15, 2021 @01:16PM (#27518428)

This is what a world without legal protections of data looks like: https://xkcd.com/538/

There's a major flaw in all encryption algorithms that humans use. They all have humans involved at some point in the decryption process.

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