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minus-squarePlantJam@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·8 hours agoI’m no encryption expert, but wouldn’t a backdoor of any kind be inevitably exploited by a malicious actor?
minus-squarefloofloof@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·edit-27 hours agoYes, but politicians and police keep fantasizing about a magical crypto-backdoor that only they can use, no matter how many times people explain this to them or how many times they get burned.
minus-squareAtelopus-zeteki@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up6·7 hours agou/floofloof is speaking sarcastically above, I believe.
I’m no encryption expert, but wouldn’t a backdoor of any kind be inevitably exploited by a malicious actor?
Yes, but politicians and police keep fantasizing about a magical crypto-backdoor that only they can use, no matter how many times people explain this to them or how many times they get burned.
u/floofloof is speaking sarcastically above, I believe.