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1. livus+KK[view] [source] 2016-04-09 18:14:37
>>molecu+(OP)
Honest question. Not to ignore any flame wars

I have been following this surveillance and privacy debate. I understand that encryption cannot go both ways. We cannot create back doors that are only available to the good guys. Add to this that the 'good' guys are known to abuse power.

But I also cannot deny that at certain times there are legitimate reasons for law enforcement. What solution, maybe political if not technical, can we adopt to meet the legitimate demands of law enforcement?

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2. slimsa+jL[view] [source] 2016-04-09 18:21:04
>>livus+KK
Cool question, I was thinking of much the same last night.

But, politically, nothing can be done because encryption and decryption is purely technical -- there is no middle ground that I see.

From a technical perspective.., the solution is also just to give the keys away. Theoretically we could give all the private keys to "just one government agency" so that no middleman (e.g. a CDN, etc) can decrypt the data, but this still 100% trusts the government with all the data.

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