Researchers find deliberate backdoor in police radio encryption algorithm | Vendors knew all about it, but most customers were clueless.::Vendors knew all about it, but most customers were clueless.
Looking forward to someone bringing this up when discussing the ongoing died-but-somehow-always-revived legislations that would introduce backdoors for encryption for government
Died? The below are all happening right now.
https://9to5mac.com/2023/07/20/apple-imessage-facetime-remove-security-law/
Yeah the ones in EU and UK are kinda fresh, but if I remember correctly, the ones in the US went through different iterations through many years, and keep coming back. There’s also a new-ish one in the US as well I think.
There’s a new anti-encryption act in the USA. This page has information about how to oppose it:
The STOP CSAM Act would put security and free speech at risk by potentially making it a crime to offer encryption.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/07/you-can-help-stop-these-bad-internet-bills
Am I the only one annoyed with the sticker not removed from the screen on the picture?
I heard the vendors knew all about it, but most customers were clueless
Well this is pretty problematic!
It’s actually a positive thing since it can be used as an example of why we can’t trust governments with backdoor access to our communications.
