David Cameron’s Plan to Ban Encryption Would “Destroy the Internet”

[longknife]

Is this yet another case of politicians sticking their noses into things they know nothing about? Does the following sound familiar? The reasoning behind gun control?


Sure, he can keep law-abiding non-technical people from using strong encryption. He can ensure that UK businesses are vulnerable to attack. But he cannot hope to prevent bad actors from using encryption to hide themselves from the police.


This comes from two sources: David Cameron s proposed encryption ban would destroy the internet Business Insider and David Cameron s proposed encryption ban would destroy the internet Business Insider


Soon, only criminal and government security agencies will have open access to encrypted sites?

 

[The Irish Ram]

The UN set up a group of little horns. England, USA, Germany and France. You'll notice those 4 countries taking the lead in global affairs. They work for Brussels.
What they do is counter to freedom. Control of the internet it tantamount.

 

[Delta4Embassy]

Is this yet another case of politicians sticking their noses into things they know nothing about? Does the following sound familiar? The reasoning behind gun control?


Sure, he can keep law-abiding non-technical people from using strong encryption. He can ensure that UK businesses are vulnerable to attack. But he cannot hope to prevent bad actors from using encryption to hide themselves from the police.


This comes from two sources: David Cameron s proposed encryption ban would destroy the internet Business Insider and David Cameron s proposed encryption ban would destroy the internet Business Insider


Soon, only criminal and government security agencies will have open access to encrypted sites?

They do know about it. Why they wanna ban it.

If everyone used encryptian, governments would have to spend x amount more time decrypting everything. Governments obviously don't wanna do that then be blamed for terrorism and "why didn't you know about this ahead of time?"

 

[waltky]

Should the gov't. have the ability to track terrorists and drug dealers?...

Why Government, Tech Can't Agree About Encryption
November 24, 2015 — Your phone is getting better and better at protecting your privacy. But Uncle Sam isn't totally comfortable with that, because it's also complicating the work of tracking criminals and potential national-security threats.

For decades, tech companies have steadily expanded the use of encryption – a data-scrambling technology that shields information from prying eyes, whether it's sent over the Internet or stored on phones and computers. For almost as long, police and intelligence agencies have sought to poke holes in the security technology, which can thwart investigators even when they have a legal warrant for, say, possibly incriminating text messages stored on a phone. The authorities haven't fared well; strong encryption now keeps strangers out of everything from your iMessages to app data stored on the latest Android phones. But in the wake of the Paris attacks, U.S. officials are again pushing for limits on encryption, even though there's still no evidence the extremists used it to safeguard their communications.

‘Reasonable concerns on both sides’

While various experts are exploring ways of resolving the impasse, none are making much headway. For now, the status quo favors civil libertarians and the tech industry, although that could change quickly – for instance, should another attack lead to mass U.S. casualties. Such a scenario could stampede Congress into passing hasty and potentially counterproductive restrictions on encryption. “There are completely reasonable concerns on both sides,'' said Yeshiva University law professor Deborah Pearlstein. The aftermath of an attack, however, “is the least practical time to have a rational discussion about these issues.”

Silicon Valley pioneer and Silent Circle co-founder Jon Callas holds up Blackphone with encryption apps displayed on it at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California.​

Encryption plays a little heralded yet crucial role in the modern economy and daily life. It protects everything from corporate secrets to the credit-card numbers of online shoppers to the communications of democracy advocates fighting totalitarian regimes. At the same time, recent decisions by Apple and Google to encrypt smartphone data by default have rankled law enforcement officials, who complain of growing difficulty in getting access to the data they feel they need to build criminal cases and prevent attacks. For months, the Obama administration – which has steered away from legislative restrictions on encryption – has been in talks with technology companies to brainstorm ways of giving investigators legal access to encrypted information.

‘Exploratory’ search for options

 

[waltky]

Granny says, "Dat's right - it's all Snowden's fault...

Snowden leaks accelerated encryption technology by 7 years, U.S. intelligence chief says
April 25, 2016 - "From our standpoint, it’s not a good thing," Clapper said of accelerated advancements in encryption technology.

Whistle-blower Edward Snowden, by leaking classified data two years ago, contributed to the acceleration of sophisticated encryption methods that militants are using to hide their communications, National Intelligence Director James Clapper said Monday. The rapid advancement of commercially available encryption software is proving to be a difficult obstacle in detecting potential threats, he said at a breakfast hosted by the Christian Science Monitor. "From our standpoint, it's not a good thing," he said of the rapidly advancing encryption, adding that the software has had "profound effects" on the government's ability to gather intelligence.

Clapper, a retired Air Force lieutenant general who took over the DNI post after Navy Adm. Dennis Blair was dismissed by President Barack Obama in 2010, called the Islamic State "the most sophisticated user of the Internet," continuing to use evolving software for end-to-end encryption of its activities. And the National Security Agency believes Snowden, who exposed the agency's massive phone surveillance program in 2014, has helped accelerate encryption technology by about seven years, Clapper said.

In his remarks, Clapper acknowledged that there needs to be a balance between intelligence capabilities and guarding against law enforcement invasions of privacy -- echoing Obama's prior statements against "absolutist positions" on the matter. Clapper called the balance a "holy grail" the U.S. intelligence agency is seeking. Clapper cited ongoing terror threats and efforts in Europe as factors that favor intelligence sharing and sources that have shed new light on the Islamic State's operational strategies.

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