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  • All 2016 Candidates Are Backdoors

    From bleak_fire_@21:1/5 to All on Fri Feb 19 19:23:02 2016
    XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.privacy

    http://windowsitpro.com/security/where-do-presidential-candidates-stand- encryption

    "In a divided election year, encryption brings parties together — against technology

    As a showdown looms between Apple and the FBI over encryption and
    backdoors, the debate has made its way onto the campaign trail as a surprisingly bipartisan issue.

    Almost universally, the candidates agree on at least one thing: The US government needs backdoors.

    In fact, only one candidate, Marco Rubio, seemed to allow for any nuance
    on the issue. It's a surprising imbalance, given that many of the biggest
    names in tech generally agree backdoors ultimately weaken security for everyone.

    In fact, Jeb Bush argues that the National Security Agency should be put
    in charge of all civilian encryption, an idea that many in the technology
    and security industries would likely find a little unsettling.

    In a recent, very unscientific IT Pro poll, 85% of respondents backed
    Apple's stance on not backdooring their own hardware. Read below for each
    of the candidates' public statements on the issue, and let us know your thoughts in the comments."

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    bleak_fire_

    since nine-seven

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  • From First Post@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Fri Feb 19 21:30:52 2016
    XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.privacy

    On Fri, 19 Feb 2016 19:23:02 +0100, bleak_fire_
    <[email protected]d> wrote:


    http://windowsitpro.com/security/where-do-presidential-candidates-stand- >encryption

    "In a divided election year, encryption brings parties together — against >technology

    As a showdown looms between Apple and the FBI over encryption and
    backdoors, the debate has made its way onto the campaign trail as a >surprisingly bipartisan issue.

    Almost universally, the candidates agree on at least one thing: The US >government needs backdoors.

    In fact, only one candidate, Marco Rubio, seemed to allow for any nuance
    on the issue. It's a surprising imbalance, given that many of the biggest >names in tech generally agree backdoors ultimately weaken security for >everyone.

    In fact, Jeb Bush argues that the National Security Agency should be put
    in charge of all civilian encryption, an idea that many in the technology
    and security industries would likely find a little unsettling.

    In a recent, very unscientific IT Pro poll, 85% of respondents backed
    Apple's stance on not backdooring their own hardware. Read below for each
    of the candidates' public statements on the issue, and let us know your >thoughts in the comments."

    Why don't they just get Apple to "crack open" that one single phone
    and give them access to the information?
    That way Apple would still be the only ones able to crack their own
    phones and the feds would not have gained any technology that would
    allow them to mass open all IPhones.

    OOOPS, what was I thinking. If they did that then Apple would never
    have gotten all of the free publicity and been able to put up the
    image that they are "looking out for the people".

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