Re:Some tech firms being 'friendly to terrorists' says UK po...
by allemagne on Wednesday April 22, 2015 @01:12PM
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It's a good point that this vision they have is specific and technical to some extent. But it's also not very well thought out from the perspective of an elected official and the general public (their bosses, even if we want to go all the way to the level of an inherent social contract).
Some might attribute that soundbite to malice rather than stupidity...
They have a very clear idea what they want. They want central keyholding authorities with master keys that they can use... This could then be used to keep the banking system safe enough (NB safe enough rather than safe) whilst allowing no private communications.