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Re: The Horror of a 'Secure Golden Key'

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RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 09 Oct 2014 01:43:38 +0000 (UTC)
> Rich <rich@example.invalid> wrote:
>  
> >    A "golden key" is just another, more pleasant, word for a
> >    backdoor - something that allows people access to your data
> >    without going through you directly. This backdoor would, by
> >    design, allow Apple and Google to view your password-protected
> >    files if they received a subpoena or some other government
> >    directive. You'd pick your own password for when you needed your
> >    data, but the companies would also get one, of their choosing.
> >    With it, they could open any of your docs: your photos, your
> >    messages, your diary, whatever.

> I'm reminded of that "magic key" that the TSA transport safety guys
> have that opens any suitcase lock, in agreement with manufacturers
> who produce suitcases with locks that open given a special universal
> key. If memory serves, that key was being mass-produced in Nigeria on
> industrial scale the day after it was announced.  This kind of
> security isn't security at all.

> It is also a dangerous first step down the route of acquiescence,
> which can only lead to more 'urgent, insistent' demands.  How 'bout
> we tell the authorities to buzz off instead?

I also wonder how many times a "Target data breech", "Home Depot data
breech", "X data breech", etc. has to occur before the lemmings begin
to wonder: "if all these folks can't keep secrets secret, why do we
think the govt. can do any better of a job....".

Although, I do suspect the problem is the general lemmingness of the
general populace.  The "I don't want to think for myself, so please,
you do the thinking for me and tell me what to believe" mentality.

Which leads to folks like the post editor swallowing, hook line and
sinker, the tale that the "golden key" will somehow be magically more
secure than all the other items that have not yet proven to be so
secure so far.

Add pixie dust, and it will "just work"....

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The Horror of a 'Secure Golden Key' Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-10-09 01:43 +0000
  Re: The Horror of a 'Secure Golden Key' RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-10-09 14:16 +0000
    Re: The Horror of a 'Secure Golden Key' Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-10-09 16:26 +0000
      Re: The Horror of a 'Secure Golden Key' Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2014-10-09 16:01 -0300
        Re: The Horror of a 'Secure Golden Key' RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-10-09 20:11 +0000
        Re: The Horror of a 'Secure Golden Key' Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2014-10-11 09:52 +0000
          Re: The Horror of a 'Secure Golden Key' Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2014-10-11 15:31 -0300
            Re: The Horror of a 'Secure Golden Key' polygonum <rmoudndgers@vrod.co.uk> - 2014-10-11 19:48 +0100
              Re: The Horror of a 'Secure Golden Key' Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2014-10-12 00:01 -0300
    Re: The Horror of a 'Secure Golden Key' Hils <hils@saynotospam.net> - 2014-10-09 19:34 +0100
      Re: The Horror of a 'Secure Golden Key' mm0fmf <none@mailinator.com> - 2014-10-09 21:24 +0100
        Re: The Horror of a 'Secure Golden Key' Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> - 2014-10-10 15:43 -0700
      Re: The Horror of a 'Secure Golden Key' Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-10-10 00:22 +0000
  Re: The Horror of a 'Secure Golden Key' Gordon Henderson <gordon+usenet@drogon.net> - 2014-10-09 17:17 +0000
    Re: The Horror of a 'Secure Golden Key' RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-10-10 11:51 +0000

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