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  • gftChris gftChrisG
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    gftChrisG gftChris wrote on last edited by
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    Which do you prefer? In the latest installment of security versus privacy, the US government has apparently asked apple to allow 'back door' entry to the content on any iPhone (or apple device), in the name of security.

    How do you feel about this?

    On the one hand, I'm quite concerned about my privacy, don't like the idea of people reading my personal messages - it doesn't bother me either way that it's the government. On the other, when you hear things like 'the assailants had apparently coordinated the attack over whatsapp' (or your IM of choice), I think "well surely we could have intercepted that and found it out?"

    So personally, I'm conflicted on the issue. Is it cut and dry for anyone here in either direction, and if so, why?

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      Whenever I'm doing something I shouldn't be doing I love my privacy.

      Conversely if my neighbor is boning little boys in the ass then fuck him and his privacy.

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        jbluhm86J jbluhm86 wrote on last edited by
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        Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

        "That which can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence”. - Christopher Hitchens "The universe is under no obligation to make sense to you". - Neil deGrasse Tyson
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          bbedwardB bbedward wrote on last edited by bbedward
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          Well this particular case is different.

          You want whatsapp or facebook records then you get a warrant and get it from facebook or whoever has data you need.

          In the case of encryption, you can't put a super secret special back door that only the government can use. If the government can bypass an encryption algorithm, everybody can bypass an encryption algorithm.

          Not only is it Retarded - it just doesn't work like the politicians think it does.

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            gftChrisG gftChris wrote on last edited by
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            You're right, BB-8, that's the point of end-to-end encryption, but it's not the point of this topic.

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              You're right, BB-8, that's the point of end-to-end encryption, but it's not the point of this topic.

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              bbedwardB bbedward wrote on last edited by
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              @gftchris said:

              You're right, BB-8, that's the point of end-to-end encryption, but it's not the point of this topic.

              Privacy

              If you have a warrant sure, take my computer or obtain files from services I use like facebook or whatever.

              I oppose policing the internet for the most part.

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                @gftchris said:

                You're right, BB-8, that's the point of end-to-end encryption, but it's not the point of this topic.

                Privacy

                If you have a warrant sure, take my computer or obtain files from services I use like facebook or whatever.

                I oppose policing the internet for the most part.

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                gftChrisG gftChris wrote on last edited by
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                @bbedward said:

                Privacy

                If you have a warrant sure, take my computer or obtain files from services I use like facebook or whatever.

                I oppose policing the internet for the most part.

                Myself also. But how about things like phone calls and text messages?

                And, assuming the government needs to obtain a warrant, should they be obliged to inform you that they've obtained said warrant?

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                  Which do you prefer? In the latest installment of security versus privacy, the US government has apparently asked apple to allow 'back door' entry to the content on any iPhone (or apple device), in the name of security.

                  How do you feel about this?

                  On the one hand, I'm quite concerned about my privacy, don't like the idea of people reading my personal messages - it doesn't bother me either way that it's the government. On the other, when you hear things like 'the assailants had apparently coordinated the attack over whatsapp' (or your IM of choice), I think "well surely we could have intercepted that and found it out?"

                  So personally, I'm conflicted on the issue. Is it cut and dry for anyone here in either direction, and if so, why?

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                  DieHardBrownsFanD DieHardBrownsFan wrote on last edited by DieHardBrownsFan
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                  @gftchris said:

                  Which do you prefer? In the latest installment of security versus privacy, the US government has apparently asked apple to allow 'back door' entry to the content on any iPhone (or apple device), in the name of security.

                  How do you feel about this?

                  On the one hand, I'm quite concerned about my privacy, don't like the idea of people reading my personal messages - it doesn't bother me either way that it's the government. On the other, when you hear things like 'the assailants had apparently coordinated the attack over whatsapp' (or your IM of choice), I think "well surely we could have intercepted that and found it out?"

                  So personally, I'm conflicted on the issue. Is it cut and dry for anyone here in either direction, and if so, why?

                  Actually I think a Federal Judge ordered it. They are going to fight the order. And fuck Apple.

                  "You planning on having a long relationship with that glass or are you going to drink it? Drink up, man. Maybe we can get another.” - Janis Joplin, 1970.
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                    @bbedward said:

                    Privacy

                    If you have a warrant sure, take my computer or obtain files from services I use like facebook or whatever.

                    I oppose policing the internet for the most part.

                    Myself also. But how about things like phone calls and text messages?

                    And, assuming the government needs to obtain a warrant, should they be obliged to inform you that they've obtained said warrant?

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                    bbedwardB bbedward wrote on last edited by bbedward
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                    @gftchris said:

                    Myself also. But how about things like phone calls and text messages?

                    And, assuming the government needs to obtain a warrant, should they be obliged to inform you that they've obtained said warrant?

                    I'd like all of my conversations to be private - no matter my method of conversation.

                    Sometimes you give private companies information and they own it and can give it away - usually in the fine print nobody reads when you sign up for something like facebook.

                    It's tough but ultimately don't watch me. If I'm putting information I want to remain private on servers like Ashley Madison or Facebook then it's my fault because I'm putting private information on servers that I don't own, know where they're at, or know who has access.

                    I think communications should be private, but it's also pretty tough because usually you're using servers or infrastructure that isn't yours. I still think they need a warrant, even though they would argue that if google says "yes" then I don't need a warrant it's their information.

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                      Security.

                      I don't have anything to hide so security. If anyone wants to get in my privacy I guess security measures are in order?

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                        OldBrownsFanO OldBrownsFan wrote on last edited by
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                        The government should simply turn the phone over to Apple to recover the information on the phone and let Apple do it. Wouldn't that solve the problem?

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                          The government should simply turn the phone over to Apple to recover the information on the phone and let Apple do it. Wouldn't that solve the problem?

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                          bbedwardB bbedward wrote on last edited by
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                          @oldbrownsfan said:

                          The government should simply turn the phone over to Apple to recover the information on the phone and let Apple do it. Wouldn't that solve the problem?

                          The point is you can't have any backdoor through encryption.

                          If Apple can get into anybody's encrypted phone, then so could I and the government and you and everybody.

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                            @oldbrownsfan said:

                            The government should simply turn the phone over to Apple to recover the information on the phone and let Apple do it. Wouldn't that solve the problem?

                            The point is you can't have any backdoor through encryption.

                            If Apple can get into anybody's encrypted phone, then so could I and the government and you and everybody.

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                            OldBrownsFanO OldBrownsFan wrote on last edited by OldBrownsFan
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                            @bbedward said:

                            The point is you can't have any backdoor through encryption.

                            If Apple can get into anybody's encrypted phone, then so could I and the government and you and everybody.

                            But Apple alone would have and keep that knowledge about how to unlock the phone. The only thing Apple would turn over to the government would be the information on that one phone. Seems like good advertisement for Apple that the FBI with all it's resources after 2 months could not unlock it.

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                              @bbedward said:

                              The point is you can't have any backdoor through encryption.

                              If Apple can get into anybody's encrypted phone, then so could I and the government and you and everybody.

                              But Apple alone would have and keep that knowledge about how to unlock the phone. The only thing Apple would turn over to the government would be the information on that one phone. Seems like good advertisement for Apple that the FBI with all it's resources after 2 months could not unlock it.

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                              bbedwardB bbedward wrote on last edited by
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                              @oldbrownsfan said:

                              But Apple alone would have and keep that knowledge about how to unlock the phone. Seems like good advertisement for Apple that the FBI with all it's resources after 2 months could not unlock it.

                              It just doesn't work like that in the real world - if an encryption has a way in it isn't a very good encryption method. Everybody can use it to get in, the secret will be discovered eventually it is even easier when there'd be a bunch of people who already know the weakness.

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                                @bbedward said:

                                The point is you can't have any backdoor through encryption.

                                If Apple can get into anybody's encrypted phone, then so could I and the government and you and everybody.

                                But Apple alone would have and keep that knowledge about how to unlock the phone. The only thing Apple would turn over to the government would be the information on that one phone. Seems like good advertisement for Apple that the FBI with all it's resources after 2 months could not unlock it.

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                                gftChrisG gftChris wrote on last edited by
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                                @oldbrownsfan said:

                                But Apple alone would have and keep that knowledge about how to unlock the phone. The only thing Apple would turn over to the government would be the information on that one phone. Seems like good advertisement for Apple that the FBI with all it's resources after 2 months could not unlock it.

                                @bbedward said:

                                It just doesn't work like that in the real world - if an encryption has a way in it isn't a very good encryption method. Everybody can use it to get in, the secret will be discovered eventually it is even easier when there'd be a bunch of people who already know the weakness.

                                Pretty much, yeah. Think of a door with no handle/lock, it's just closed. Then compare with one with a lock - sure, it's locked, and only the right people have the key, but a sufficiently dedicated lock picker could pick it given enough time. With the amount of people out there interested in being able to access that information, combined with those that just do it for fun, it would take - if it was announced there was a back door - less than a week to crack in to it, my guess.

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                                  @oldbrownsfan said:

                                  But Apple alone would have and keep that knowledge about how to unlock the phone. The only thing Apple would turn over to the government would be the information on that one phone. Seems like good advertisement for Apple that the FBI with all it's resources after 2 months could not unlock it.

                                  @bbedward said:

                                  It just doesn't work like that in the real world - if an encryption has a way in it isn't a very good encryption method. Everybody can use it to get in, the secret will be discovered eventually it is even easier when there'd be a bunch of people who already know the weakness.

                                  Pretty much, yeah. Think of a door with no handle/lock, it's just closed. Then compare with one with a lock - sure, it's locked, and only the right people have the key, but a sufficiently dedicated lock picker could pick it given enough time. With the amount of people out there interested in being able to access that information, combined with those that just do it for fun, it would take - if it was announced there was a back door - less than a week to crack in to it, my guess.

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                                  Erie DawgE Erie Dawg wrote on last edited by
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                                  @gftchris said:

                                  Pretty much, yeah. Think of a door with no handle/lock, it's just closed. Then compare with one with a lock - sure, it's locked, and only the right people have the key, but a sufficiently dedicated lock picker could pick it given enough time. With the amount of people out there interested in being able to access that information, combined with those that just do it for fun, it would take - if it was announced there was a back door - less than a week to crack in to it, my guess.

                                  sounds like a John Travolta movie.
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                                    Erie DawgE Erie Dawg wrote on last edited by
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                                    Am I the only one who can see a small correlation between this and the 2nd amendment?

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                                      Am I the only one who can see a small correlation between this and the 2nd amendment?

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                                      gftChrisG gftChris wrote on last edited by
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                                      @erie-dawg said:

                                      Am I the only one who can see a small correlation between this and the 2nd amendment?

                                      Maybe - explain?

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                                        wait, I think it's a false choice.

                                        terrorists/legit connections-suspects should have zero privacy.

                                        Every other American must have privacy.

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                                          wait, I think it's a false choice.

                                          terrorists/legit connections-suspects should have zero privacy.

                                          Every other American must have privacy.

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                                          gftChrisG gftChris wrote on last edited by
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                                          @calfoxwc said:

                                          wait, I think it's a false choice.

                                          terrorists/legit connections-suspects should have zero privacy.

                                          Every other American must have privacy.

                                          Seems sensible - but if I recall correctly you were not particularly pleased with people being put on the terrorist watch list, no? So who determines if someone is worthy of watching?

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