"""The main criticism was that it is simply impossible to rule out that a backdoor - once it is built - is abused by criminals or undemocratic regimes. A lowering of the security level would immediately affect all users - and not just those who are the subject of a judicial investigation."""
The comment says:
> I'm glad you're keeping safe dealers, pedophiles, and other criminals as well as their lawyers.
This does not look like a solid point to me; it looks like rhetoric.
> This draft included a passage that would have forced companies such as WhatsApp and Signal to decrypt their encrypted chats upon request by the authorities for criminal investigation.
> Belgian intellectuals like Professor Bart Preneel said that "by putting a backdoor into Whatsapp, you would make it less safe for everyone".
This does not look like a solid point to me; it looks like rhetoric. Anyway:
> a backdoor - once it is built - is abused by criminals or undemocratic regimes.
If they can get their hands on a governmental private key, which is unlikely.
ben_w|4 years ago
"""The main criticism was that it is simply impossible to rule out that a backdoor - once it is built - is abused by criminals or undemocratic regimes. A lowering of the security level would immediately affect all users - and not just those who are the subject of a judicial investigation."""
The comment says:
> I'm glad you're keeping safe dealers, pedophiles, and other criminals as well as their lawyers.
This does not look like a solid point to me; it looks like rhetoric.
1337shadow|4 years ago
> This draft included a passage that would have forced companies such as WhatsApp and Signal to decrypt their encrypted chats upon request by the authorities for criminal investigation.
> Belgian intellectuals like Professor Bart Preneel said that "by putting a backdoor into Whatsapp, you would make it less safe for everyone".
This does not look like a solid point to me; it looks like rhetoric. Anyway:
> a backdoor - once it is built - is abused by criminals or undemocratic regimes.
If they can get their hands on a governmental private key, which is unlikely.