New legislation coming

edu · 28 Jun 2018, 02:09 PM

I understand that criminals can´t be hidden in this online world, but leaving a backdoor "only accessed" under warrant (we know that it´s never like that) can be very dangerous too. Let´s see...

Source:
https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-in...ncryption-laws

TenFour · 30 Jun 2018, 06:42 AM

Agreed. A universal "back door" will be such a high-value target that a lot of people will expend a lot of resources to figure out a way to compromise it. Even if it is very technically sound there are always human exploits that will work. Of course, we all trust our public servants 100%, and that would never happen!

edu · 1 Jul 2018, 01:36 AM

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Originally Posted by TenFour

Agreed. A universal "back door" will be such a high-value target that a lot of people will expend a lot of resources to figure out a way to compromise it. Even if it is very technically sound there are always human exploits that will work. Of course, we all trust our public servants 100%, and that would never happen!

Well said.
I'm worried Fastmail will be forced to something like that...

28 Jun 2018, 02:09 PM	#1
edu Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2016 Posts: 194	New legislation coming I understand that criminals can´t be hidden in this online world, but leaving a backdoor "only accessed" under warrant (we know that it´s never like that) can be very dangerous too. Let´s see... Source: https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-in...ncryption-laws

30 Jun 2018, 06:42 AM	#2
TenFour Master of the @ Join Date: Feb 2017 Location: USA Posts: 1,722	Agreed. A universal "back door" will be such a high-value target that a lot of people will expend a lot of resources to figure out a way to compromise it. Even if it is very technically sound there are always human exploits that will work. Of course, we all trust our public servants 100%, and that would never happen!