[conspire] Presidential candidates

[Tony Godshall]

On Fri, Jan 22, 2016 at 10:49 AM, Paul Zander <paulz at ieee.org> wrote:
> During a recent debate, there were several questions about emails and
> privacy and terrorism.  The candidates all said something like, "We have to
> work with Silicon Valley to find ways to monitor terrorists while protecting
> privacy."
>
> IMHO, the ideal solution is not possible.  If a cell-phone has encryption
> software, and the manufacturer does not know the key and does not provide a
> "back-door", privacy is reasonably assured.
>
> If the phone has a known way to "pick the lock", then any agency with
> appropriate resources can open the door.  Obviously agencies outside the US
> won't even consider getting a court order.
>
> Phone companies have always kept records of what number called what number.
>
> What am I missing?

um, adequate cynicism?

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