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LXer: Encryption leaves authorities 'not in a good place': Former US intelligence chief

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Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper has said there needs to be a form of encryption developed that protects privacy, but one that authorities can access.

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Power-hungry moron spouts nonsense. Same rubbish, different day.

LXer: Encryption leaves authorities 'not in a good place': Former US intelligence chief

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Originally Posted by LXer (Post 5721530)

...a form of encryption developed that protects privacy, but one that authorities can access.

Aw, bless. One would at least hope that the powers that be would be more in touch with the realities of life than this.

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Originally Posted by hydrurga (Post 5721570)

Aw, bless. One would at least hope that the powers that be would be more in touch with the realities of life than this.

They don't even remember their own historical failures, it seems...
However, we live in a different world now with "terrorism" used to push all kinds of things through so, perhaps, this time things will be mandatory. It's not just the US either, over here Oberleutnant Rudd has been saying pretty much the same thing.

So when will it be illegal to use Linux in the UK? As per May's manifesto:

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* Free/open source operating systems -- that power the energy, banking, ecommerce, and infrastructure sectors -- must be banned outright

Also - lets take a page from China shall we?

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* All packets in and out of the country, and within the country, must be subject to Chinese-style deep-packet inspection and any packets that appear to originate from secure software must be dropped

And plenty more goodies: https://boingboing.net/2017/06/04/th...ng-canute.html

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Oh I just love this one too! :D

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* Proprietary operating system vendors (Microsoft and Apple) must be ordered to redesign their operating systems as walled gardens that only allow users to run software from an app store, which will not sell or give secure software to Britons

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Originally Posted by 273 (Post 5721571)

I hadn't heard of the Clipper chip. Very interesting. Thanks 273.

Authoritarianism dressed up as public service politically packaged for the ignorant.

Even if the access could be limited to just 'authorities' that still wont stop all sorts of snooping, often for no reason at all apart from some cop being bored, e.g.-

http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/q...97bdf446821baf

By 'hacked' they meant 'illegally accessed' but the Queensland Police are spinning things. "Lets call it hacking so that people don't realise that he was using the same software that is used legally to access records as well". The only reason that was even a news story is becausde the person who had her records illegally accessed was a medalist in various games/events (e.g. the Commonwealth games) and, well, she's hot. ;)

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The Herald Sun can reveal 196 officers, including a superintendent, have been caught misusing the main police database.

A further 15 members of staff at Victoria Police have also illegally abused the network for their own gain.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/law...dca1f11774cc9c

Thats just the police in one small state in one small (popualtion) country....

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James Clapper, Barack Obama's former director of National Intelligence, has said the issue of criminals and terrorists going dark by using end-to-end encrypted systems is causing issues in the United States.

"The so-called going dark phenomenon -- a situation that was dramatically accelerated by the Snowden revelations -- in our country, I don't think we're in a good place here," Clapper said at the National Press Club on Wednesday.

"I think there needs to be a very serious dialogue about giving criminals, terrorists, rapists, murderers, etcetera, a pass."

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Specifically, multiple reports indicate that Republican operatives and White House staffers are using the end-to-end encrypted messaging app Confide, which touts disappearing messages and anti-screenshot features, to chat privately without a trace.

https://www.wired.com/2017/02/white-...n-confide-app/

I'd be willing to bet that even if us plebs are forced to use 'broken encryption' the major politicians will figure out some way to keep using encrypted apps.

1984 was supposed to be a warning, NOT a fscking how-to manual!