Reply to post: Re: Red herring

We've been shown time and again that strong encryption puts crims behind bars, so why do politicos hate it?

yetanotheraoc Silver badge

Re: Red herring

Maybe less a red herring than the thin end of the wedge. The methods in the article for catching criminals work against *organized* crime. Backdoored encryption is (maybe) needed for acting against *dispersed* crime such as child-p)rnography. The dragnet will pull in more than just criminals, but as noted the people in favor of the backdoors are not very bright.

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