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Researchers find deliberate backdoor in police radio encryption algorithm | Vendors knew all about it, but most customers were clueless. (arstechnica.com)

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[–] inspxtr 30 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Looking forward to someone bringing this up when discussing the ongoing died-but-somehow-always-revived legislations that would introduce backdoors for encryption for government

[–] c10l 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Died? The below are all happening right now.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/international-statement-end-to-end-encryption-and-public-safety/international-statement-end-to-end-encryption-and-public-safety-accessible-version

https://9to5mac.com/2023/07/20/apple-imessage-facetime-remove-security-law/

https://www.eff.org/uk/deeplinks/2023/03/tell-uks-house-lords-protect-end-end-encryption-online-safety-bill

[–] inspxtr 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah the ones in EU and UK are kinda fresh, but if I remember correctly, the ones in the US went through different iterations through many years, and keep coming back. There’s also a new-ish one in the US as well I think.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

There's a new anti-encryption act in the USA. This page has information about how to oppose it:

The STOP CSAM Act would put security and free speech at risk by potentially making it a crime to offer encryption.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/07/you-can-help-stop-these-bad-internet-bills