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According to Whittaker, the bill requires the encrypted messaging app Signal to install so-called backdoors in the software.
minus-squareoldfart@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·16 hours agoImagine the complexity of the encryption algo with 100 different custom made backdoors!
minus-squareJimmycakes@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·15 hours agoThat’s the secret you give them all the same backdoor.
minus-squarerumba@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·16 hours agoYou just encrypt it with every key. It’s wasteful, but not all that complicated. At that point, you just don’t encrypt things at all.
Imagine the complexity of the encryption algo with 100 different custom made backdoors!
That’s the secret you give them all the same backdoor.
You just encrypt it with every key. It’s wasteful, but not all that complicated.
At that point, you just don’t encrypt things at all.