Newsmaker Interview: Bruce Schneier on 'Going Dark' and the Crypto Arms Race:
TP: Thinking about the FBI, is there is there a middle ground between the things that law enforcement wants to do and the people's right for security and privacy?
Bruce: The middle ground is having less security and giving more access to people who want to break into systems - that's the FBI and the Chinese government and cybercriminals. That's the middle ground. Think of it as a dial. How much security do you want to have? How much access do you want?This notion that I can build a backdoor that only works if a [person with a] certain morality tries to use it. That's what doesn't work. If you're willing to have your nuclear power plant a little less safe in exchange for giving the FBI access, that's your tradeoff.
(Via The first stop for security news | Threatpost)
A lightweight read that makes for a great resource when trying to explain this to non-security types.
※ Typical full disclosure as Bruce and I are part of the same organization.
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