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General Category => Politics & Current Affairs => Topic started by: Nearly Sane on September 20, 2023, 09:49:35 AM

Title: Braverman and Facebook clash over private message plans
Post by: Nearly Sane on September 20, 2023, 09:49:35 AM

I do find the idea of some sort of non encrypted encryption 'magical thinking' as mentioned in the article.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-66854622

Title: Re: Braverman and Facebook clash over private message plans
Post by: jeremyp on September 20, 2023, 10:37:56 AM

It's quite easy. You just have to keep a copy of everybody's encryption keys so the government can use them. Of course, then it's no longer end to end encryption and any hacker that compromises the database of encryption keys can read everybody's messages.

By the way, WhatsApp  is already end-to-end encrypted and so probably is Apple's message system. Furthermore, if no commercial end to end encryption system is available, it's pretty easy to knock one up. I reckon I could do it in a month.