U.S. Law Enforcement Seeks to Halt Apple-Google Encryption of Mobile Data

[Lifted]

Apple and Google already gave them back doors. This is all for show.

Without a doubt

 

[Miramonti]

Apple and Google already gave them back doors. This is all for show.

This is no place for reality, lets all get back to smoke screens.

 

[MrColin]

I can't say for sure but I think the iCryption key is your four digit passcode, trivial to crack.
However...
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-ViRGE

 

[jlee]

I can't say for sure but I think the iCryption key is your four digit passcode, trivial to crack.
However...

 

[Mai72]

Because most Americans are spineless jellyfish.

 

[Grooveriding]

Without a doubt

 

[Red Storm]

I do think it's probably futile to try and prevent the NSA/CIA from getting your info, however I sure as heck support any effort that reduces the ease in which common law enforcement can spy on us citizens. So even if there are backdoors for the NSA/CIA, it's still better than nothing IMHO.

 

[amdhunter]

Hopefully this will stop all these terrorist attacks on US Soil.
GO FBI!

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

Purposely making themselves unable to comply with court orders seems like it should be against the law. It's certainly not a good thing for national security or law enforcement.

Many (note many) years ago I might see your point of view even if I disagreed, however the government has decided to dispense with Constitutional rights by creatively interpreting things in their favor. If one is accused of a crime it's not possible to know the basis for that now and the government has created a catch 22 where you have to prove you are targeted to have that knowledge but you have to have the knowledge to prove you are targeted. In light if the blatant disregard of our rights, "terror" notwithstanding no. If government wants access then they can work for it. If we go back to having warrants not just rubber stamped and lose the coercive tactics on the part of government to allow free access to our private information and then gag the telecoms from revealing it then the necessity for this level of encryption won't exist. I'm not worried about ISIS, I'm more concerned about larger issues and our inherent rights are one of them.

 

[Red Squirrel]

I do think it's probably futile to try and prevent the NSA/CIA from getting your info, however I sure as heck support any effort that reduces the ease in which common law enforcement can spy on us citizens. So even if there are backdoors for the NSA/CIA, it's still better than nothing IMHO.

That's pretty much how I look at it. Encryption wont stop them, but it still adds an extra step. The more stuff they encrypt the more effort they have to spend.

We do need a newer improved encryption scheme though. Most of the schemes we use were either designed by big companies or the NSA themselves.

The tricky part about encryption is ensuring that only the good guys know the algorithm. Then you end up with only a few people who know it, and then it's a trust issue. Though I guess it's not a HUGE deal if anybody can know it as long as it's secure enough and constantly being audited and tested by the good guys.