The government already requires that it be provided the keys to new encryption techniques. They are very persuasive.
They don’t need the keys. Just makes it easier for them to sift this stuff through the real time equipment.
Encryption is the dog that didn’t bark.
When was the last time you heard someone in fed law enforcement complain about civilian use of encryption? I’m counting between 10 and 12 years.
The dog that didn’t bark. This tells us when, approximately, they developed the ability to completely decrypt on a wide scale and implement that in real time.
I might have to talk with my mom. During WWII my dad would send letters in “code” that they had set up ahead of time. He might write something like “did Aunt Mary make it home okay from her trip?” meant he was back at his home port. “Is Uncle Jim going to Minnesota?” meant he was shipping out to the Marshal Islands or something.
Most (all?) of there letters were opened and censored back then. Hmmm - I wonder if Obama is reading this and we’ll see in his next speech “The Great Franklin Delano Roosevelt also realized that in times of extreme war, extreme measures MUST be taken....” Not mentioning that then it was soldiers and now it is EVERYONE.
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