I used to be all for “keep encryption encrypted!!!1!!!”
But recent worldly events have got me thinking a bit. So many people are so easily corrupted, that i’m beginning to see her point. But at the same time i think privacy IS a fundamental human right.
These are nasty times for all of us. And clearly there is no easy answer.
No matter what you believe the easiest way to decide on this is to remember that power change hands all the time. Imagine the person with the most despicable and extreme view (in your opinion) that you know. Imagine that this person holds the power to decide which “doors to unlock” also imagine the most corrupt person that you know, imagine that person with unlimited copies of such key.
Then I ask you , would giving those two people those unlimited copies of everybody keys make you feel safer?
If the answer is no, you would just be making nasty times nastier.
The recent events show why we need encryption. Fascism is on the rise, it won’t take long until they search your messages for anything that goes against their will. That’s how they get rid of opponents. Back in the days it was checking letters and depending on neighbors to rat you out either by manipulating them believing that you are the enemy and dangerous for the country or by punishing people that knew what you said against the government etc.
I used to be all for “keep encryption encrypted!!!1!!!”
But recent worldly events have got me thinking a bit. So many people are so easily corrupted, that i’m beginning to see her point. But at the same time i think privacy IS a fundamental human right.
These are nasty times for all of us. And clearly there is no easy answer.
No matter what you believe the easiest way to decide on this is to remember that power change hands all the time. Imagine the person with the most despicable and extreme view (in your opinion) that you know. Imagine that this person holds the power to decide which “doors to unlock” also imagine the most corrupt person that you know, imagine that person with unlimited copies of such key.
Then I ask you , would giving those two people those unlimited copies of everybody keys make you feel safer?
If the answer is no, you would just be making nasty times nastier.
The recent events show why we need encryption. Fascism is on the rise, it won’t take long until they search your messages for anything that goes against their will. That’s how they get rid of opponents. Back in the days it was checking letters and depending on neighbors to rat you out either by manipulating them believing that you are the enemy and dangerous for the country or by punishing people that knew what you said against the government etc.