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posted by Fnord666 on Saturday February 24 2018, @11:05PM   Printer-friendly
from the responsible-encryption-=-unbreakable-encryption dept.

Techdirt covers a new paper published by the US National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine regarding the general access that the FBI and DOJ want to encrypted communications.

Another paper has been released, adding to the current encryption discussion. The FBI and DOJ want access to the contents of locked devices. They call encryption that can be bypassed by law enforcement "responsible encryption." It isn't. A recent paper by cryptograpghy expert Riana Pfefferkorn explained in detail how irresponsible these suggestions for broken or weakened encryption are.

This new paper [PDF] was put together by the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine. (h/t Lawfare) It covers a lot of ground others have and rehashes the history of encryption, along with many of the pro/con arguments. That said, it's still worth reading. It raises some good questions and spends a great deal of time discussing the multitude of options law enforcement has available, but which are ignored by FBI officials when discussing the backdoors/key escrow/weakened encryption they'd rather have.

The paper's suggestions have not been rigorously investigated by those with domain expertise, yet.

Source : Report On Device Encryption Suggests A Few Ways Forward For Law Enforcement


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 24 2018, @11:42PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 24 2018, @11:42PM (#643218)

    I dunno about your bank communications, but I'm having trouble with your second sentence.

  • (Score: 2) by Snotnose on Saturday February 24 2018, @11:56PM (1 child)

    by Snotnose (1623) on Saturday February 24 2018, @11:56PM (#643226)

    down. I edited that and sat on it for a good 30 minutes. Left out the word down. If you can't figure out where 'down' should have been then, well, whatever.

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    Why shouldn't we judge a book by it's cover? It's got the author, title, and a summary of what the book's about.
    • (Score: 3, Funny) by Ethanol-fueled on Sunday February 25 2018, @12:09AM

      by Ethanol-fueled (2792) on Sunday February 25 2018, @12:09AM (#643231) Homepage

      You're lying. I think what you meant to say was that your 12 year old kid is the best script kiddie on the street.