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>Another pathetic attempt to push for a ban on encryption

I don't think it's pathetic. The media and cuckservatives managed to convince the public that terrorists are the greatest threat they face, not the government, not the kikes.

>>7311

>>7313

See this too:

"'Islamic State supporters share Snowden video to explain need for encryption'''

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/feb/9/islamic-state-supporters-share-snowden-video-expla/

encryption = terrorism

just like they managed to do the same with cash, and now they enforcing or getting read to enforce negative interest rates

Is it even possible to ban encryption?

>>7321

no

>>7321

no, they could attempt to pass laws to prevent companies from using end to end encryption and force them to provide encryption keys when needed.

>>7373

for example, for each pair of people communicating, the company generates the keys for them. FBI gets these keys when they want.

iPhone encryption: Apple generates the key for the user, he doesn't get to pick it. Or, he picks it but iPhone must send it to Apple first, then Apple signs the key, and sends it back to iPhone.

You will ask, what good would that do? Terrorists will just move to more secure non mainstream applications that still use old good encryption! Exactly, terrorists are not the real thread. They are actually quite useful. They want YOUR data. People like you make up +99% of the population. You use the default settings and download the popular apps. You don't care much about privacy or security.

>>7374

*threat

just ask the NSA for the data m8. If they haven't cracked, they must have a backdoor either on the phone or any of the services the terrorists used.

>>7321

It is impossible to prevent the people from encrypting the information.

>>7314

>just like they managed to do the same with cash, and now they enforcing or getting read to enforce negative interest rates

If you use cash you're a terrorist

>>7460

>If you use cash you're a terrorist

Europe targets 500 euro bill as it fights terrorism

http://money.cnn.com/2016/02/02/news/europe-terrorism-500-euro-bitcoin/

>>7590

Trump can't into technology, it's obvious from the way he talks about the Internet.

>>7311

>ban encryption

What, are they going to ban all the books on cryptology and cryptoanalysis too?

>>7639

they will bully companies that own apps that normies use into making a masterkey.

Using an obscure law, written in 1789 — the All Writs Act — the US government has ordered Apple to place a back door into its iOS software so the FBI can decrypt information on an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters.

This is a black day and the beginning of the end of the US as a world power. The government has ordered a disarmament of our already ancient cybersecurity and cyberdefense systems, and it is asking us to take a walk into that near horizon where cyberwar is unquestionably waiting, with nothing more than harsh words as a weapon and the hope that our enemies will take pity at our unarmed condition and treat us fairly.

The FBI, in a laughable and bizarre twist of logic, said the back door would be used only once and only in the San Bernardino case.

Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, replied:

>The government suggests this tool could only be used once, on one phone. But that's simply not true. Once created, the technique could be used over and over again, on any number of devices. In the physical world, it would be the equivalent of a master key, capable of opening hundreds of millions of locks — from restaurants and banks to stores and homes. No reasonable person would find that acceptable.

So here is my offer to the FBI. I will, free of charge, decrypt the information on the San Bernardino phone, with my team. We will primarily use social engineering, and it will take us three weeks. If you accept my offer, then you will not need to ask Apple to place a back door in its product, which will be the beginning of the end of America.

If you doubt my credentials, Google "cybersecurity legend" and see whose name is the only name that appears in the first 10 results out of more than a quarter of a million.

http://archive.is/nJw54

http://www.businessinsider.com/john-mcafee-ill-decrypt-san-bernardino-phone-for-free-2016-2

>>7669

>We will primarily use social engineering

He's a clown.

FBI is incompetent as fuck.

"FBI Admits It Reset San Bernardino Shooter’s iPhone Password"

"Apple said that had the passcode to Syed Farook’s iPhone not been reset, the company would have been able to initiate a backup of the phone’s data to its associated iCloud account in order to retrieve its contents. However, with the passcode on the phone no longer matching the one on iCloud, the only remaining option is the decryption of the phone itself"

http://www.thewrap.com/fbi-admits-it-reset-san-bernardino-shooters-iphone-password/

This could point to two things, first off, encryption really is a pain for the FBI and companies are finally pushing back, which is very good. Although I am certainly not going to trust either big name companies of security agencies just yet. This can be and very likely is just a way to try and push against encryption by the FBI.

A second thing this could point to is that the FBI is having a harder time because a lot of communication no longer happens on channels they control very well. The only good reason they would need to actually open the device is to fidn communication they cannot already touch, and they can, without a doubt, get any and all communication that happens over normal SMS and phone calls. Only if other communication platforms are used is there any chance that they would need to actually look at the phone for anything useful.

>>7314

There is nothing strange with the parties most interested in some technology being the ones which life depends on it the most. Although I know that wasn't what you were trying to point out. I am very surprised that so much of the media would be willing to put encryption in a bad light. It points to a huge lack of investigative journalism, because any journalist that investigates anything a bit deeper should be very well aware and very thankful for encryption. We should ensure we have some classes on the correct use of encryption for all our current and future journalists.

So apparently, the FBI now wants Apple to unlike even more phones.

So that whole "it's only one phone!" argument has been thrown out the window.

Justice Department Seeks to Force Apple to Extract Data From About 12 Other iPhones

http://www.wsj.com/articles/justice-department-seeks-to-force-apple-to-extract-data-from-about-12-other-iphones-1456202213