In a world where terrorists deliberately encrypt their connections, how big is the chance that a terrorist would (continue to) use a service that is known to be insecure? Our guess: as soon as the European Commission introduces legislation forcing services such as Telegram to decrypt secure communications, terrorists will turn to alternative tools. (…)
The idea that the way to gain access to terrorists’ communications is by backdooring services such as Telegram, is preposterous. Let’s be clear, the French and German proposal will undermine the security of every single person, under the populist guise of improving security. Or, in the words of cryptographer Phil Zimmerman: When crypto is outlawed, only outlaws will have crypto.
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Police is trying to blackmail me into telling my crypto password by delaying the investigation and keeping all my computers and phones until I give them what they want. Over a simple marijuana grow. No way I’m giving them my password regardless of what is on those computers. In their minds encryption equals illegal activity.