Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> Police decryption powers 'flawed'
>
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> | The government faces criticism over plans to give police powers to
> | make suspects produce readable copies of encrypted computer
> | evidence.
Waste of time.
Those serious about securing data, can just use plausible deniability
techniques, such as steganography or hidden containers to obfuscate
encrypted data, e.g. conceal hidden documents in a pr0n collection, or
obscure classified data in secondary (hidden) containers, within a
primary container holding plausibly subversive (but still legal)
conspiracy theory material.
I'm all for thwarting the terrorists, but why should everyone else's
privacy be compromised because of a few ragheads? Just don't let them
into the country in the first place; problem solved.
> | But some peers, academics and cryptographers say the plans are
> | flawed and risk being abused.
The police abuse their powers? /shock/ That could *never* happen,
could it?
> | "You do not secure the liberty of our country and value of our
> | democracy..."
/choke/
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