Posted on 03/12/2016 6:36:06 AM PST by snarkpup
Back doors, skeleton keys, just make it happen, nerds
SXSW Amid the row between Apple and the FBI over the unlocking of a mass murderer's iPhone, President Barack Obama has told the tech world to suck it up and do what the Feds want.
Speaking today at hipster-circle-jerk SXSW in Austin, Texas, the United States' Commander in Chief said phones and computers cannot be unbreakable "black boxes," and that an "absolutist" view on encryption won't fly with the laws and courts of the land.
(Excerpt) Read more at theregister.co.uk ...
“Whatever Feds have as a backdoor a thief will enter through, tech proverb.”
Not so.
One can have a device-based key, so you would need the device itself.
Or you could have a two-part key, one part with the manufacturer and another part with the NSA.
Or you could have a three-part key, one part with the manufacturer and another part with the FBI and a third part with the NSA.
One could also have the user enter a portion of the key, which might be saved to the manufacturers website.
So even if a Communist lackey gave the PLA every key code entered in Apples factory in China, the phone would still be secure against criminals.
Apple could also enter codes in the USA.
Obviously, a financial institution has the code(s) to my chipped VISA card.
Is my chipped VISA card secure against thieves? Yes.
Yes, Congress can force Apple to make government breakable phones.
“The Congress shall have Power...To raise and support Armies”
Congress can draft the Apple executives, programmers and engineers with US citizenship or US presence into an army.
And Congress can have them shot for not following orders.
Yes, that includes terrorists.
Because in championing rights, as soon as you make an exception against anyone, you open the door to someone making an exception against you.
Obama thanks you for your support.
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