Reply to post: escrow taints all evidence

Backdoors are bad, Euro security wonks ENISA tell governments

Paul Shirley

escrow taints all evidence

Availability of keys to investigators taints and devalues all evidence, even if no tampering or forgery happens. A horrible choice between courts having to trust law enforcement too much or let criminals escape by raising doubt over the evidence.

If escrow ever happens it could easily hamper investigations more than it helps by creating a need for strong safeguards to prevent and detect abuse. Let's just not go there.

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