[Cryptography] What if Responsible Encryption Back-Doors Were Possible?

[John-Mark Gurney]

Ondrej Mikle wrote this message on Sat, Dec 01, 2018 at 00:11 +0100:
> On 11/29/18 10:40 PM, John Levine wrote:
> > On the Lawfare blog, an interesting piece by Josh Benaloah here.
> > 
> > https://www.lawfareblog.com/what-if-responsible-encryption-back-doors-were-possible
> > 
> > If you are tempted to respond, please read the whole thing first.  In
> > particular, do not waste everyone's time by replying "but they're not!"
> > We know that.
> 
> Sorry for piggy-backing on this, but I have one question that I have never had
> answered (US, EU jurisdictions mainly):
> 
> How is it possible or what is the reason/judicature/excuse for law enforcement
> to try to get into your phone/notebook to get all your data just for anything
> you might be accused of? It kind of feels like unreasonable search.
> 
> I.e. for law enforcement to use all kinds of vendors to exploit a bug on your
> phone to get all of your the data, generally not even related to the case.

A warrant is required and it is expected that the judge that signs the
warrant ensures that it is not unreasonable.

The people obtaining the warrant have to say what they expect to find,
and why they expect to find it...

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