Alan C. Posted November 19, 2015 Posted November 19, 2015 Senators want to give government access to encrypted communications to combat terrorism Lawmakers said it was time to intensify discussions over what technology companies such as Apple and Google could do to help unscramble key information on devices such as Iphones and apps like WhatsApp, where suspected terrorists have communicated. Those companies made changes last year to their smartphone operating systems preventing the companies themselves from accessing that information.. . .“Even simple commercial products that you can buy encrypt the conversation, and some of them encrypt in a way that even with a court order, you can’t break into it,” Feinstein said. “We know certain equipment and certain games that are encrypted that can be used. We need to figure out what can and should be done about that.”
SamuelS Posted November 19, 2015 Posted November 19, 2015 As long as there are three people, one will attempt to communicate privately with another. With open source and the internet, they'll never stop people from accessing tools to protect their secrets...but, they can sure make it difficult enough that people that just want privacy for everyday conversations will find the cost (pain in the ass factor) prohibitive, while people with real secrets will still go to the effort. It's almost like these people do critical thinking in reverse.
shirgall Posted November 20, 2015 Posted November 20, 2015 They should immediately ban the "double ROT13" system the terrorists used.
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