Ombud för amerikanska myndigheter har krävt att få bakdörrar till all kryptering från både IT-företag och programmerare. När Kineserna nyligen gjorde exakt samma sak så blev USA rasande. Sannolikt är kineserna inte exceptionella nog för bakdörrar..?
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When the US demands technology companies install backdoors for law enforcement, it’s okay. But when China demands the same, it’s a whole different story.
The Chinese government is about to pass a new counter terrorism law that would require tech companies operating in the country to turn over encryption keys and include specially crafted code in their software and hardware so that chinese authorities can defeat security measures at will.
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Technologists and cryptographers have long warned that you can’t design a secure system that will enable law enforcement—and only law enforcement—to bypass the encryption. The nature of a backdoor door is that it is also a vulnerability, and if discovered, hackers or foreign governments might be able to exploit it, too.
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Yet, over the past few months, several US government officials, including the FBI director James Comey, outgoing US Attorney General Eric Holder, and NSA Director Mike Rogers, have all suggested that companies such as Apple and Google should give law enforcement agencies special access to their users’ encrypted data—while somehow offering strong encryption for their users at the same time.
A White House spokesperson did not respond to a request for comment from Motherboard. [...]
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Yet, over the past few months, several US government officials, including the FBI director James Comey, outgoing US Attorney General Eric Holder, and NSA Director Mike Rogers, have all suggested that companies such as Apple and Google should give law enforcement agencies special access to their users’ encrypted data—while somehow offering strong encryption for their users at the same time.
- Ironically, the US government sent a letter to China expressing concern about its new law.
"- The Administration is aggressively working to have China walk back from these troubling regulations," US Trade Representative Michael Froman said in a statement.
A White House spokesperson did not respond to a request for comment from Motherboard. [...]
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USA: Kineser inte exceptionella nog för bakdörrar till kryptering - enbart amerikaner
'Journalism is printing what someone else does NOT want printed: - Everything else is public relations.'
-By Demanding Backdoors to Encryption, U.S. Government is Undermining Global Freedom and Security-
SvaraRaderaMarch 6, 2015
Source: Michael Krieger, Liberty Blitzkrieg
One of the biggest debates happening at the intersection of technology and privacy at the moment revolves around the U.S. government’s fear that the American peasantry may gain access to strong encryption in order to protect their private communications. Naturally, this isn’t something Big Brother wants to see, and the “solution” proposed by the status quo revolves around forcing technology companies to provide a way for the state to have access to all secure communications when they deem it necessary.
Many technology experts have come out strongly against this plan. Leaving aside the potential civil liberties implications of giving the lawless maniacs in political control such power, there’s the notion that if you create access for one group of entitled people, you weaken overall security. Not to mention the fact that if the U.S. claims the right to such privileged access, all other countries will demand the same in return, thus undermining global privacy rights and technology safeguards.
We are already seeing this play out in embarrassing fashion. Once again highlighting American hypocrisy and shortsightedness, as well as demonstrating that the U.S. government does’t actually stand for anything, other than the notion that “might means right.” Sad.
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http://libertyblitzkrieg.com/2015/03/06/by-demanding-backdoors-to-encryption-the-u-s-government-is-undermining-global-freedom-and-security/
http://www.blacklistednews.com/By_Demanding_Backdoors_to_Encryption%2C_U.S._Government_is_Undermining_Global_Freedom_and_Security/42401/0/38/38/Y/M.html
John Pilger:
SvaraRaderaUniting fascism old and new is the cult of superiority.
"I believe in American exceptionalism with every fibre of my being," said Obama, evoking declarations of national fetishism from the 1930s.
http://stopwar.org.uk/news/john-pilger-us-fascism-and-a-new-holocaust-beckons-if-we-remain-silent