Comment on Hackers Went Looking for a Backdoor in High-Security Safes—and Now Can Open Them in Seconds
irotsoma@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 days ago
And this is the same reason why encryption backdoors would basically make encryption worthless. Doesn’t matter how strong the metal/encryption is if a backdoor exists to be the weakest link.
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 4 days ago
That’s not even the worse part of it.
A backdoor would give faceless organizations immense power. Unchecked power leads down a dark path full of corruption and abuse. It is a great way for governments to crush civil liberties.
irotsoma@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 days ago
Oh totally, but that’s the intended purpose. The thing is they’re saying they can do all that and still allow people to have a secure connection to their bank or whatever, but that’s impossible. Eventually, backdoors always lead to making the security worthless whether it’s bad design like putting hinge screws outside of the door so thrives can just use a screwdriver to remove the door, or a backdoor for locksmiths or government, it’s a weak link it doesn’t matter how thick the door is if a screwdriver removes it or how hard the encryption is to break if it can be bypassed by getting the code used by locksmiths or government, bad actors will get ahold of it and use it.
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 4 days ago
The government is often the bad actor
irotsoma@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 days ago
Yes, but I’m saying they’re making these laws and saying they need it. Many people agree that they need it and because they think they are still secure because they’re using an “encrypted connection”, assuming they don’t think they need to be secure from their government, they are supporting it. If they see that by letting the government steal their data they are also letting that scammer that keeps scamming their grandmother for her credit card to get that credit card number without even needing to scam her anymore, they may think twice about supporting the policy.