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Encryption Back Doors: Is There More to This Debate?

Speaking at a conference this summer, Chertoff crystallized what he sees as the risks of heading down such a path (that could likely prevent use of certain kinds of encryption). First, there is increased vulnerability. "You're basically making things less secure for ordinary people," he said.Second, emphasizing a point that other experts have made with his practical experience, "Really bad people are going to find apps and tools that are going to allow them to encrypt everything without a back door." It's a "pipe dream" to think governments will be able to stop this, given the global environment we live and work in. The likely result is that "legitimate actors will be making somewhat less secure communications and the bad guys will still not be able to be decrypted."

The Open Government Paradox

In the quarter century since its creation, the Web has been a printing press and broadcast studio for millions of people whose voices would otherwise have been heard by only a few close friends. It opened a whole new world of sharing, and today nearly three-quarters of all Americans say digital technologies have improved their ability to share their ideas and creations with others, according to a 2014 survey by the Pew Research Center. That means most of us are opening to the public minute details of our lives—where we eat, who we love, and how we spend money—all out in the open for others to see...

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