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The Worm and the Wiretap: Dangers of crypto backdoors (columbia.edu)
23 points by bensummers on Oct 18, 2010 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment


"It may very well be that more serious harm will be averted if the government has more ability to monitor encrypted traffic."

It may very well be the case that once given a tool, they use it for whatever comes to mind. In fact they might even use it for harm avoidance, but 'may very well be' isn't strong enough to support the idea. Hasn't much of the results of crypto laws been applied to domestic non-terror computer crimes? Is there any safe way to be transparent about backdoor usage?




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