Re:Playing chicken with cat.jpg
by mike-cardwell on Thursday January 19, 2012 @11:54AM
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The problem is, you're missing the point. What they would do if they came across illegal content is irrelevant. They shouldn't be looking at the content in the first place, so this is a non-issue.
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Re:Playing chicken with cat.jpg
by freddyuggs on Thursday January 19, 2012 @12:22PM
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In a new theoretical world where browsers can encrypt and decrypt data securely without the server having any idea of content, and where you can solve all the issues around allowing other people you want to be able to access that data, then sure it's a non-issue. I was talking about reality ;)
We already have encryption that can't be brute forced within the lifetime of the universe.
Yet.
Yet.
Ever. I don't have the original source in front of me, but with enough bits, assuming there isn't some fundamental flaw in the encryption algorithm, you couldn't brute force a key before the heat death of the universe even if you recruited every particle in the visible universe for your computation.
> assuming there isn't some fundamental flaw in the encryption algorithm
Big "if".
Exactly.
Re:Playing chicken with cat.jpg
by mike-cardwell on Friday January 20, 2012 @01:16PM
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And I repeat, "they shouldn't be looking at the content in the first place." I don't see how anything in your reply addresses this point.