Would it make sense to switch to accelleration? Let them build the surveillance state now so that people can protest or emigrate.
Once AI is fully developed and everybody who remembers the old values is retired, a surveillance state is much more difficult to change.
Next, let’s make locks and window blinds illegal too - how can big brother protect us and fight crime if they can’t see what we’re doing 24/7?
Also, why are people criminals putting letters in envelopes - do they have something to hide? Big brother should be able to read all mail too, any time he feels like it. It’s all for our own good and to fight crime after all!
Look, we’re fighting crime blindfolded here. We have no choice but to stab ourself in the face.
Not long ago, Chinese hackers attacked the U.S. wiretapping system, enabling the Chinese state to read and listen to citizens’ messages and calls. Intel agencies then urged the population to use encrypted messages.
And this is just one example what could go wrong. The damage to democracy will be severe as it will be will be exploited by bad actors because, as we know, there is no such thing as a “backdoor only for the good ones.” Or am I wrong here?
You are correct. This will make it very easy for foreign nations to steal industrial secrets and whack the EU economy around as any trace of technological advantage will be gone.
Or they make exceptions that companies are excluded from backdoors and instead get strong encryption. Then the criminal networks will just use some of their many shell companies to provide just that.
The criminal networks will just immediately switch to VPNs and using end-to-end encryption services hosted in another country. VPN technology for phones is already available and has been for a while. On day one this legislation will be useless for its primary (purported) purpose. No exceptions or winner-choosing necessary.
Then they’ll go after VPNs with the argument of criminals using the technology to skirt law enforcement backdoor requirements in end-to-end encryption.
If you make encryption insecure, you also open up for industrial espionage.
There is no middle way, we either have the option for secure communication or we don’t.
