Five Eyes Campaign Against Encryption Threatens Democracy

Re:Five Eyes Campaign Against Encryption Threatens Democracy by __loam on Tuesday October 10, 2023 @04:06PM (#37836796)

Encryption is a mathematical reality. It is physically impossible to stop and the modern internet really only works because it exists. These kinds of efforts are effectively unenforceable.

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Re:Five Eyes Campaign Against Encryption Threatens Democracy by nerpderp82 on Tuesday October 10, 2023 @04:08PM (#37836819)

Weakening encryption allows for mass surveillance, the folks that will use it will use it. This is about collecting all citizens communication.

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Re:Five Eyes Campaign Against Encryption Threatens Democracy by coolhand2120 on Tuesday October 10, 2023 @07:17PM (#37839007)

https://xkcd.com/538/

If you are jailed for using it I’ll bet people curtail use. Also, I would say it’s mathematically impossible to break in a practical amount of time, but physically quite vulnerable when you think outside the box.

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Re:Five Eyes Campaign Against Encryption Threatens Democracy by nullc on Wednesday October 11, 2023 @02:58AM (#37841733)

It's impossible to stop serious bad actors from using it because it can be made undetectable and the information needed to do so is already widespread.

It's perfectly possible to stop the general public, which is exactly the point of these efforts.

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