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Signal's Meredith Whittaker scorns anti-encryption efforts as 'parochial, magical thinking' | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
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[–] [email protected] 40 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

There's a great (and short) video about encryption back-doors by CGP Grey: "Should all locks have keys? Phones, Castles, Encryption, and You." (Piped link).

"No matter how much we might wish it, there's no way to build a digital lock that only angels can open and demons cannot. Anyone saying otherwise is either ignorant of the mathematics or less of an angel than they appear."

EDIT: I still hate you Piped bot.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Here is an alternative Piped link(s):

"Should all locks have keys? Phones, Castles, Encryption, and You."

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 8 months ago

It's ok PipedBot, I will always love you.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Even more generally than that, remember that daemons are fallen angels and that same thing happens outside the metaphorical world.

So even if the mathematics allowed it, once something is out and being use with backdoored encryption sooner or later the "bad guys" will have the means to use it if only because of human nature.