[Cryptography] Sadly predictable: Terrorism used as excuse to attack encryption

Hubert A. Le Van Gong hubert at levangong.org
Wed Nov 18 17:21:43 EST 2015


On 17/11/2015 08:12, Perry E. Metzger wrote:
> Following the Paris terrorist attacks, only hours passed before I
> saw the first article asking whether we need to ban encryption or
> provide magic impossible "golden keys" to break it. This New York
> Times article is, if anything, late to the game:
> 
> http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/17/world/europe/encrypted-messaging-apps-face-new-scrutiny-over-possible-role-in-paris-attacks.html
> 

Interestingly, it seems encryption had little to do with the attacks...
https://theintercept.com/2015/11/18/signs-point-to-unencrypted-communications-between-terror-suspects/

Hubert



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