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Government policies such as this should give us cause to celebrate.
It could be interpreted to mean that the state of the art in
encryption is sufficient that well implemented encryption is indeed
opaque, at least in the current environment. This is less an attack
against encryption and more an attack against the PKI, after all,
how does one attack mathematics? PKI isn't the only tool in the
tool box.<br>
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I struggle to understand why, in a world where we still depend on
ineffective password management without 2FA, this is such a big
deal. There are so many other IT security issues "in the wild" that
have little or nothing to do with encryption that are in my opinion
much higher priority. We are being lead to believe that if we put a
security door on a greenhouse the security will be improved. I
suspect that self-serving popular media has created a tempest in a
teacup, a vector for further weakening our confidence in elected
officials and Western governments.<br>
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I'm no jurist so I'm unqualified to evaluate or even understand this
draft bill. From what little I've read on the subject, it appears
to be more of an update or reassertion of current legislation. If
that is the case then this isn't a seismic change but a evolutionary
process. I'd be much more concerned if there were inadequate checks
and balances in the process uncovered. Personally, I think that
occasionally, parliament and congress table bills such as this to
test public opinion, with the intent to calibrate strategic policy.
I'm not sure how I feel about this practice if it is indeed the
case.<br>
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Denny<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 05/11/15 10:45, T.J long thing
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<div>Some of you are probably aware of the government ignoring
advice that putting a back door in security is a bad idea.
Here's a link to the register</div>
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<div><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://Www.theregister.co.uk/2015/11/03/uk_government_policeproof_encryption/">Www.theregister.co.uk/2015/11/03/uk_government_policeproof_encryption/</a></div>
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<div>In response someone has started a petition here</div>
<div><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="Https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/106369">Https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/106369</a></div>
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