As the local police department might want to decrypt a phone of a criminal suspect, so would the Chinese or the Russian or the Iranian intelligence agencies like to be able to do exactly the same thing.
Telephone handsets are particularly in need of built-in security. We have almost every aspect of our personal and work lives reflected on them and we… - Matt Blaze
Telephone handsets are particularly in need of built-in security. We have almost every aspect of our personal and work lives reflected on them and we…
- Matt Blaze
The security of computers and the Internet is a horrible and dangerous mess. Every week we hear about breaches of databases of Social Security number… - Matt Blaze
The security of computers and the Internet is a horrible and dangerous mess. Every week we hear about breaches of databases of Social Security number…
It may be true that encryption makes certain investigations of crime more difficult. It can close down certain investigative techniques or make it ha… - Matt Blaze
It may be true that encryption makes certain investigations of crime more difficult. It can close down certain investigative techniques or make it ha…
In order for any smartphone manufacturer to decrypt the data on your phone, it has to hold onto a secret that lets it get that access. And that secre… - Matt Blaze
In order for any smartphone manufacturer to decrypt the data on your phone, it has to hold onto a secret that lets it get that access. And that secre…
If it were possible to hold onto this sort of database and really be assured that only good guys get access to it, we might have a different discussi… - Matt Blaze
If it were possible to hold onto this sort of database and really be assured that only good guys get access to it, we might have a different discussi…
Computer science doesn't know how to build complex systems that work reliably. This has been a well-understood problem since the very beginning of pr… - Matt Blaze
Computer science doesn't know how to build complex systems that work reliably. This has been a well-understood problem since the very beginning of pr…
There's been a certain amount of opportunism in the wake of the Paris attacks in 2015, when there was almost a reflexive assumption that, "Oh, if onl… - Matt Blaze
There's been a certain amount of opportunism in the wake of the Paris attacks in 2015, when there was almost a reflexive assumption that, "Oh, if onl…
The people working in my field also are quite skeptical of our ability to do this. It ultimately boils down to the problem of building complex system… - Matt Blaze
The people working in my field also are quite skeptical of our ability to do this. It ultimately boils down to the problem of building complex system…
On balance, the use of encryption, just like the use of good locks on doors, has the net effect of preventing a lot more crime than it might assist. - Matt Blaze
On balance, the use of encryption, just like the use of good locks on doors, has the net effect of preventing a lot more crime than it might assist.
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