Ringside Seats to the Apple/FBI Battle

scottalanmiller

What do you think about this push for a encryption committee?

http://www.infoworld.com/article/3037470/security/lawmakers-push-for-encryption-commission-to-find-compromise.html

Honestly I think it is a farce. It's a binary debate - privacy or not, there isn't a middle ground. Are the citizens subjects of the government or is the government subject to the citizenry. Having a group to produce a compromise is like compromising on the death penalty - no matter what decision is reached, one side wins and one side loses.

scottalanmiller

Good quote from the article: "We don't require the people who manufacture paper shredders to have a chip that records and scans that document so it's recoverable," he said. "The piece of technology that has destroyed more evidence than any other ... is the flush toilet, and yet we realize the benefits of indoor plumbing to our society outweigh the fact that certain evidence is going to be beyond the government's reach."

GlennBarley

@scottalanmiller said:

"We don't require the people who manufacture paper shredders to have a chip that records and scans that document so it's recoverable,"

Not yet...

dafyre

Next week a new product shows up on amazon "Scan your documents as you shred them! Keep your information safe!

JaredBusch

I also read an interesting article on how the 5th amendment can be applied to this case also.

scottalanmiller

@JaredBusch said:

I also read an interesting article on how the 5th amendment can be applied to this case also.

I'd not be surprised.

JaredBusch

@scottalanmiller http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/02/forget-the-1st-amendment-apple-to-plead-the-5th-in-iphone-crypto-flap/

MattSpeller

I'd be on the side of the FBI were it not for all the NSA spying bull that Snowden leaked and setting a precedent that will inevitably be abused.

Dashrender

@MattSpeller said:

I'd be on the side of the FBI were it not for all the NSA spying bull that Snowden leaked and setting a precedent that will inevitably be abused.

Huh - I could never be on the side of the FBI, even if only for what possible hackers could do with the information, let alone the government.

MattSpeller

@Dashrender said:

@MattSpeller said:

I'd be on the side of the FBI were it not for all the NSA spying bull that Snowden leaked and setting a precedent that will inevitably be abused.

Huh - I could never be on the side of the FBI, even if only for what possible hackers could do with the information, let alone the government.

Honestly I think "hackers getting a hold of the code" is a remote possibility.

I already mentioned my lack of trust in the gov but there's ways to do it safely, this is not some super secret 007 heist.

Clarity: Not advocating for it, just pointing out some of the FUD that's circling this debate.