Re:The Horror of a 'Secure Golden Key'
by anigbrowl on Wednesday October 08, 2014 @05:31PM
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Complete nonsense - you're equating imperfections that result in failure of a system with complete disinterest. For each anecdotal example of failure, as you cite here, it is equally easy to find anecdotal examples of success, eg: http://edition.cnn.com/2013/08/13/justice/amber-alert-hannah... I don't see any evidence here for your contention about the proportion of alerts issued in divorce proceedings, or a systemic pattern of indifference on the part of law enforcement.
Also, the government spends quite a lot of effort on the investigation and prosecution of child pornography, as documented here, for example: http://www.justice.gov/usao/waw/press/categories/childporn.h... To what degree this should be a factor in encryption policy is open to debate, but your charge that 'TPTB don't actually care about these cases at all' is baseless and does a disservice to the people who investigate such crimes.
It's frustrating that TPTB don't actually care about these cases at all, apart from their political potential. Amber alerts are usually issued in response to non-custodial parent custody disagreements, which phenomenon is 95% driven by divorce lawyers, and involves very little risk that isn't created by the police themselves. In the rare actual stranger-danger case, "authorities" routinely allow multiple hours to pass between the kidnapping and issuing the alert. Of course by that time the child is beyond help.
http://www.kansascity.com/news/government-politics/article34...