<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 2018-12-06 (340), at 22:48:28, Bill Cox <<a href="mailto:waywardgeek@gmail.com" class="">waywardgeek@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="">Re-posting, minus the bottom post cruft that isn't allowed by moderators, yet is completely hidden by Gmail... This is a BOTTOM post, because nothing follows it.<br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">As for responsible encryption policies, I believe:<br class=""><br class="">1) It is possible, but _hard_ and _expensive_ to build it securely.<br class="">2) No one wants to be in a position where a mass murderer has encrypted data that cannot be revealed to law enforcement.<br class="">3) Governments will always over-reach and go for mass-surveylence that violates everyone's privacy.<br class=""><br class=""></div></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="">I wont go into tech details</div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br class=""></div>Fine. I shall.</div><div><br class=""></div><div>As regards 1), so far as known, probably provably impossible.</div><div><br class=""></div><div>As regards 2), so why bother? Why not let them take their desperate secrets to their Graves?</div><div><br class=""></div><div>As regards 3), such deep state as exists only serves its current Political Masters.</div><div><br class=""></div><div>Any further questions?</div><div><br class=""></div><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><font color="#000000" class="">[ … ]</font><br class=""></div></div></div></div></blockquote><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="">Anyway, I feel very strongly that folks out there should start thinking along these lines. We'll have to cooperate to make it happen.</div></div></div></div></blockquote><br class=""></div><div>Too true.</div><div>__outer</div><div><br class=""></div><br class=""></body></html>