On Sat, Oct 05, 2019 at 05:13:04AM +0200, Steven Schear wrote: > AG Barr, Cypherpunks disagree. We generally only endorse open source, e2e, > encryption for p2p communications with no societal or government say so. We
No, no "generally" about it - instead "absolutely, unequivocally, without hesitation, and in respect of our individual and collective fundamental human rights." (I heard that from some anon somewhere...) > countenance no provision for legal access. Secure, even covert, > communications is a right which need only be perfected between the the > communicating parties. Indeed. It is our fundamental right to communicate privately. Freedom has a price. > On Fri, Oct 4, 2019, 9:25 PM John Young <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Attorney General William P. Barr Delivers Remarks at the Lawful Access > > Summit > > > > > > https://www.justice.gov/opa/speech/attorney-general-william-p-barr-delivers-remarks-lawful-access-summit > > > > "It is also said that the Government is seeking a secretive > > 'backdoor' to everyone's communications and data. That is false. We > > are seeking a front door. > > > > The heart of the matter is this: Do the security advantages of > > warrant-proof encryption offered to the individual outweigh the risk > > posed to the public by that same technology? This is not a decision > > for the companies to make by themselves. It is a decision for > > society to make. > > > > We think our tech sector has the ingenuity to develop effective ways > > to provide secure encryption while also providing secure legal access." > > > > > >
