[Cryptography] Justice Dept. Revives Push to Mandate a Way to Unlock Phones

[Henry Baker]

At 05:40 PM 3/25/2018, Natanael wrote:
>Den mån 26 mars 2018 01:12Erik <erik at erikgranger.name> skrev:
>What are some possible technological responses that can be utilized to protect against this sort of legislation? I'm curious what people here would do if some legislation of this sort were written into law.

In the ol' Ma Bell days, the govt was able to hide behind Ma Bell's skirt: prior to the Carterfone decision, you simply couldn't attach any non-approved devices to the ATT network.  Of course, this standardization made J. Edgar's (illegal) jobs sooo much easier.