[Cryptography] escalating threats to privacy

[Dave Howe]

On 29/03/2017 05:12, Tom Mitchell wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 26, 2017 at 5:08 PM, John Denker via cryptography
> <cryptography at metzdowd.com <mailto:cryptography at metzdowd.com>> wrote:
>
>     1) Quoting from:
>      
>     https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/mar/26/intelligence-services-access-whatsapp-amber-rudd-westminster-attack-encrypted-messaging
>     <https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/mar/26/intelligence-services-access-whatsapp-amber-rudd-westminster-attack-encrypted-messaging>
>
>     > [UK Home Secretary Amber Rudd] said it was “completely unacceptable”
>     > that the government could not read messages protected by end-to-end
>     > encryption
>
>
>  There was no encryption in this: tora tora tora
>
> The word *tora* (虎) means "tiger" in Japanese and was sent in the
> "clear". 
>
> She is a bit odd in her politics and perspective:
> ''Home Secretary Amber Rudd’s speech to the Conservative Party
> conference on foreign workers was treated as a “hate incident” by
> police.''
>
> I fear she might get what she wants but it will not stop groups with
> bad intentions.

I assume that isn't the intention. There was evidence that the Americans
had demands and talking points like this already written up waiting for
the next terrorist incident and they trotted them out after the French
attacks ... only to find the attackers hadn't used encryption at all.

This (and the snooper's charter they finally got passed) is because
hiding stuff from the government is unacceptable to Rudd, as stated;
this attack is just a hook to hang the demand onto.
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