Are there any real-world examples where encryption backdoors have been successfully used without compromising cybersecurity? How do different governments and tech companies approach this issue, and what are the implications for global digital security?
Are there any real-world examples where encryption backdoors have been successfully used without compromising cybersecurity?
No. Adding a backdoor to cybersecurity is fundamentally introducing a vulnerability that can be exploited by an attacker.
A backdoor in your IT security is like a hidden button to bypass the lock on the impenetrable front door of your impenetrable house. Sure, it makes the police serving a warrant easier, but now there’s a button that anyone can push to bypass your door.
What you will find are instances with no apparent violations. Just like setting all the nuclear weapons to have the exact same easily remembered activation code didn’t actually lead to a nuclear exchange.
Are there any real-world examples where encryption backdoors have been successfully used without compromising cybersecurity?
No. That concept is an oxymoron.
At a certain point, we’re back to philosophy. Do you really want to build in a back door in the first place? What is the trade off between privacy and security and potential use by any enforcement agency in apprehending who they consider to be bad actors? How much of the resources of those agencies are actually allocated to taking down real threats to actual people vs protecting moneyed interest?
We also know that these back doors are entry points for other bad often state actors. There is no reasonable use for them to exist!
