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Re: The Paris Attacks Were Tragic, but Cryptography Isn't to Blame

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On 2015-11-25 4:03 AM, Siri Cruz wrote:
> In article <90fdcae85b38e5cb9cf0e98b3c74b39a@remailer.cpunk.us>,
>  Jack Ryan <noreply@remailer.cpunk.us> wrote:
> 
>> https://www.yahoo.com/tech/the-paris-attacks-were-tragic-but-
>> cryptography-183648302.html
> 
> I heard one of the gray men talking about how dare companies make communications 
> they can't crack. A search warrant meant they were supposed to be able to get 
> the plaintext.
> 
> What the hell??
> 
> If I type out an encoded message and put it in mailbox, yes, with the proper 
> paperwork they can intercept the letter. But they still can't force me to decode 
> it for them. I can use a bank vault door for a front door they can't batter 
> open. I can put in an unpickable lock. Just because they get a warrant doesn't 
> mean I have to cooperate and show them where any evidence is. A search warrant 
> doesn't mean the police get a master key to everyone's house.

Well stated. I still feel that there is no excuse for people refusing to
use any kind of encryption. My e-mail has been set up to use it for a
long time but anyone I address still believes that Hotmail and other
services are "safe enough" and that encryption is not necessary. They
believe that because they haven't YET been arrested or charged with
anything, it means that they never will.

Encryption should be a DEFAULT state for ALL communications on the
Internet except those, like Usenet, which are meant to be public.


-- 
Slimer
EFF & OpenMedia member / IFAW & PETA supporter

"I am clearly quite ethical / moral." - Snit, lying shamelessly,
November 24th, 2015
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The Paris Attacks Were Tragic, but Cryptography Isn't to Blame Jack Ryan <noreply@remailer.cpunk.us> - 2015-11-25 02:50 -0500
  Re: The Paris Attacks Were Tragic, but Cryptography Isn't to Blame Siri Cruz <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2015-11-25 01:03 -0800
    Re: The Paris Attacks Were Tragic, but Cryptography Isn't to Blame Slimer <.m@nsn.s> - 2015-11-25 08:47 -0500
  Re: The Paris Attacks Were Tragic, but Cryptography Isn't to Blame Slimer <.m@nsn.s> - 2015-11-25 08:44 -0500
    Re: The Paris Attacks Were Tragic, but Cryptography Isn't to Blame Anonymous <anonymous@hoi-polloi.org> - 2015-11-26 13:48 +0100
      Re: The Paris Attacks Were Tragic, but Cryptography Isn't to Blame Slimer <.m@nsn.s> - 2015-11-26 09:31 -0500
        Re: The Paris Attacks Were Tragic, but Cryptography Isn't to Blame Anonymous <nobody@remailer.paranoici.org> - 2015-11-26 21:07 +0000
          Re: The Paris Attacks Were Tragic, but Cryptography Isn't to Blame Slimer <.m@nsn.s> - 2015-11-26 17:09 -0500
            Re: The Paris Attacks Were Tragic, but Cryptography Isn't to Blame Euclides Zoto <euclides_zoto@optimum.net> - 2015-11-26 06:24 -0800
              Re: The Paris Attacks Were Tragic, but Cryptography Isn't to Blame Slimer <.m@nsn.s> - 2015-11-27 08:42 -0500
                Re: The Paris Attacks Were Tragic, but Cryptography Isn't to Blame Nomen Nescio <nobody@dizum.com> - 2015-11-28 00:55 +0100

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