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Um, no.
this post was submitted on 02 Mar 2025
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"So don't make us torture you for encryption keys got it?"
It's not my responsibility to make the FBI's job (or any cop's job) easier.
Also, folks should be using 3rd party open-source encryption, like VeraCrypt and a password manager that encrypts the database, like Keepass. Don't ever expect governments and corporations to respect your privacy.
Thanks for your interest, but I'll have to pass.
There is no 'lawful access' without a warrant or my permission. there aren't laws saying padlocks need to support a government master key, and encryption is just a digital lock.
With a pad lock they do have a key though. Bolt cutters.
Bolt cutters are not a key, they are a method of bypassing the lock. they still need a warrant to do that, which is the point.
they still need a warrant to do that
Lol...
In fascism, if you have the biggest gun, you do what you want. And Trump has the biggest "gun"
I'm talking about legally, and as much as I don't like trump we are not in a fascist country (yet).
The laws don't exist though because they're so easily circumvented. If you AES256 encrypt something today, there's an extremely lonely chance they can't crack it. For years.
With a padlock they can just pull out the cutters and they're done.
I'm just referring to your point on why there are no laws against padlocks in this context.
fair enough, padlock was the wrong type of lock for the analogy. how about a vault door? sure that may not be as common, but you don't have to support a government master key for those either.
Same thing goes for vaults, or all physical locks. It may take a little longer than a padlock but nothing comparable to the amount of time it would take to brute force good encryption. We’re talking maybe a couple of hours or days for a vault vs. millions of years.
I warn FBI. Fuck you.
fbi want direct access to encrypted data while simultaneously also all data to be encrypted in order to be protected from china?
do explain how this is all going to work because it's extremely confusing.
The explanation is that they will just use this shit to target whomever they please regardless of reason. This is how fascism works.
It is mean to be confusing. Stop trying to rationalize it, you're wasting energy.
So get a warrant.
any 'lawful' access that's baked-in will also be used and exploited 'unlawfully'.
They understand this 100%
And they don't give a shit 100%
It's the entire fucking point.
Well too bad.
You'd better get ready to fight for it, because it's coming. This administration doesn't give two shits about your rights and freedoms.
lmao no government does
Neither did he last administration and neither will the next. They want us polarized and fighting each other so we don't fight them.
Neither did he last administration and neither will the next.
How the fuck are people still this clueless. Talk to anyone who is learned on US history and ask them if this is the same as previous administrations.
Neither did he last administration and neither will the next.
That's like saying that neither tepid bath water nor boiling tea water are "cold."
I don't actually agree that your analogy applies, because it ignores my point.
Neither "side" (as if there were only a binary choice but that's how they want you to think) wants you to have privacy. Be united with those who want to fight for those rights instead of divided on other policies which are political smokescreens.
Maybe a better analogy is that we are drowning in water that is not cold, maybe it's tepid and maybe its boiling. But arguing over which is worse really doesn't matter because we'll be dead in a minute anyway.
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