it’s used correctly, encryption secures our information from those who
shouldn’t see it and validates information to ensure it hasn’t been
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asymmetric key encryption.When you add backdoors and secret master keys to encryption, you
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to human whims.Faced with encrypted communications and data, law enforcement
should probably think like hackers and simply avoid the encryption. If
the desired information is secured everywhere except on the target’s
phone, target the phone.Law enforcement can also leverage its unique monopoly on legal
violence and its experience in investigation. When the cops took down
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illegal goods, they did so with inside informants who had privileged
access to information. When the perpetrator was caught, he was tackled
moments before closing his laptop, letting investigators raid it for
additional evidence. No backdoors were necessary.,QVWHDGRI¿JKWLQJDJDLQVWHQFU\SWLRQODZHQIRUFHPHQWVKRXOG
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secure messaging means people are free to speak their minds without
fear of reprisal. Privacy should be a right that our government cherishes
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