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by makerofspoons 2525 days ago
The cat's out of the bag. All this would lead to is law-abiding citizens having their information at risk while criminals continue to use crypto without backdoors.
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kromem 2525 days ago
I wish laypeople hearing this stuff realized how easy it would be for the "bad guys" to use one time pads.

It would be trivial to have terror cells be distributed a USB with several GB of a OTP, and that would be unbreakable even into the age of quantum computing if used properly.

Thus isn't at all about terrorism or the "really bad guys." It's 100% about accessing the average Joe Blow's communications.

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masscrypteria 2525 days ago
Bad guys already do use such schemes and more.

If the government can’t crack strong encryption as-is, the problem is that strong encryption is deployed at scale.

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masscrypteria 2525 days ago
Build a better exceptional access encryption system that solves human and technological shortcomings.

Removing strong encryption at scale would have far more effect than what you’ve described.

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