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Re: The Government's War on Encryption

From "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com>
Newsgroups aus.computers
Subject Re: The Government's War on Encryption
Date 2017-07-28 10:24 +1000
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"Computer Nerd Kev" <not@telling.you.invalid> wrote in message 
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> Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> "Computer Nerd Kev" <not@telling.you.invalid> wrote in message
>>> Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> "Computer Nerd Kev" <not@telling.you.invalid> wrote in message
>>>>> Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> "Computer Nerd Kev" <not@telling.you.invalid> wrote in message
>>>>>>> Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>> "Computer Nerd Kev" <not@telling.you.invalid> wrote in message
>>>>>>>>> Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> "Computer Nerd Kev" <not@telling.you.invalid> wrote in message
>>>>>>>>>>> Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> "Computer Nerd Kev" <not@telling.you.invalid> wrote in message
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "Computer Nerd Kev" <not@telling.you.invalid> wrote in 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> message
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "Computer Nerd Kev" <not@telling.you.invalid> wrote in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> message
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> A new law proposed by Turnbull appears to be aimed at
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> undermining
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the security of all popular online services using 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> encryption
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> to secure user's data. Particularly those offering
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> end-to-end
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> encryption which ensures that even the service operators
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> have
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> no way of accessing data stored and transferred through
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> their
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> systems.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> With this in mind, I feel it should be asked:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> If terrorism enables the erosion of the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> capabilities offered by the internet,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Taint gunna happen, you watch.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> one of the key projects of the Western world in the 21st
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> century,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 20th, actually.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Oh yes, never noticed. Funny that. Or perhaps I just meant
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> that
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> its
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> been advanced and popularised significantly during the 21st
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> century?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> has it not, to some extent, begun to win?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Nope.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> And whatever that fool Turdbull wants, isnt going to 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> happen.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> There is no way that Apple will be providing anything that
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> allows govt to snoop on what you are doing and even if
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> they were that stupid, it completely trivial to ensure that
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> govt can't do that, whatever legislation govt produces.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The internet isn't all run by Apple (thankfully),
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Sure, but that was just one example of an operation that
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wouldn?t do that even if Turdbull did make that law here.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I doubt Apple would do it even if it was law in the US 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> either.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Rubbish,
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> We'll see...
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Apple have been part of NSA's Prism program since
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 2012, along with Google, Facebook, and more.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> How odd that the FBI had to try to get the court to order them 
>>>>>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>>>>> assist with getting the data they wanted from a particular 
>>>>>>>>>>>> phone.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> While Apple were looking to clear their name.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Even sillier than you usually manage.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> OK, if you insist.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> The NSA and the FBI doubless don't share the
>>>>>>>>>>> same relationships with companies anyway.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Even sillier than you usually manage.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> OK, if you insist.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> True they might not have known if they were hacked, but
>>>>>>>>>>>>> they didn't go into panic mode when they found out either.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> They fixed the problem when it became clear what had happened.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> The NSA documents released didn't describe the
>>>>>>>>>>> actual exploits or backdoors used, so how would
>>>>>>>>>>> we know whether everything was fixed or not?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Because we know that the exploit that was used to get the
>>>>>>>>>> info the FBI wanted by the 3rd party is not there any longer,
>>>>>>>>>> so that technique can't be used with updated phones now.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> One backdoor being fixed doesn't mean that every backdoor was
>>>>>>>>> fixed.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Yet another straw man being thrashed.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> So you don't care whether they "fixed the problem" or not?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I know they did fix that particular problem.
>>>>
>>>>> If they fixed one particular means of access used by the NSA,
>>>>> that doesn't fix the problem of the NSA using other means to
>>>>> access data.
>>>>
>>>> The NSA wouldn?t have any other means to access data
>>
>>> Data outright, and the particular data
>>> that they want, may be different.
>>
>> Even sillier than you usually manage, and that?s saying something.

> That's saying something then is it? Well if you can just
> work out what I'm saying we might get somewhere.

You never could bullshit your way out of a wet paper bag.

>>>> if they have to try monstering the manufacturers to have
>>>> backdoors that they can use and when the FBI has to try
>>>> to make apple provide access to that data thru the courts.
>>
>>> The FBI and the NSA might not share the same access.
>>
>> Very bloody unlikely that the FBI would choose to get egg all
>> over its stupid face admitting that it doesn?t by trying to get
>> the courts to force Apple to weaken the security of their devices.

> Why?

Even you can't actually be that fucking stupid.

> It's not publicly known what the NSA can and can't do.

Irrelevant to what the FBI would be stupid enough to get egg all over its 
face about.

>>>>>>>>>>>>> https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jun/06/us-tech-giants-nsa-data
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Just because some fool journo claims something...
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> But when they claim something while showing the
>>>>>>>>>>> actual slides from the NSA describing the system...
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> You have no idea where those slides came from.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> The NSA certainly doesn't admit that they are theirs.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Then Snowden and the Guardian went to
>>>>>>>>> quite a lot of trouble just to make up a story.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> But you don?t know where he got those slides from.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> But the yanks want to arrest him for the leak,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> He leaked a hell of a lot  more than just that.
>>>>
>>>>> So why would he back the Guardian when
>>>>> they only publish things they've made up?
>>>>
>>>> Because he aint about to admit to having made it up, fuckwit.
>>>>
>>>>>>> so why would he set himself up as the
>>>>>>> fall guy when the story is fake anyway?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> No one really knows why he did what he did.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> And it isnt relevant to your stupid claim about Apple anyway.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Of course it is, the slides mention Apple.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> But don?t say anything like what you claimed about Apple.
>>>>
>>>>> I claimed that they show the NSA had access to their customer data.
>>>>
>>>> It does nothing of the sort.
>>>
>>> Only to those with their heads in the sand.
>>
>> You never could bullshit your way out of a wet paper bag.
>>
>>>>> Whether that was by accident or design on Apple's part is unknown.
>>>>
>>>> Like hell it is. We know that Apple refused to do what the FBI wanted.
>>>
>>> FBI, not NSA, and they may have just been trying
>>> to improve public perceptions after the NSA leak.
>>
>> Even sillier than you usually manage, and that?s saying something.
>>
>> Public perceptions arent going to be improved by forcing
>> apple to allow snooping on the phone owner's data.
>
> I'm saying that Apple may have been trying to improve their
> damaged public perception by putting up a fight, not the FBI.

Even sillier than you usually manage, and that's saying something.

They have no damaged public perception.
 

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