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Re:As encryption spreads, U.S. grapples with clash between p... by diyorgasms on Saturday April 11, 2015 @05:01PM (#9360819)
Let's suppose for a minute that there is some legislation put forth forcing encryption to have back doors inserted, or some other sort of key escrow. Why would anyone with the know-how and a privacy concern not just write an implementation of a known crypto algorithm?

Essentially, how would this legislation do anything but compromise the security of law-abiding people while not at all reducing the capabilities of those the US government wishes to stop?

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Re:As encryption spreads, U.S. grapples with clash between p... by cortesoft on Saturday April 11, 2015 @08:11PM (#9361371)
Seriously, it is way too late for this. You can't change the math, which is what crypto is. Now that people know it, you can somehow remove that information from the world.
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Re:As encryption spreads, U.S. grapples with clash between p... by eternalban on Saturday April 11, 2015 @05:59PM (#9361022)
In my opinion this is all smoke. No algorithm that I am aware of exists that protects a mobile software agent running on a hostile platform.

   algo: add 2 2
   comp: 5!
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