Linked – Leaked NSA Hacking Tool On Global Ransomware Rampage
This. Just this. There are no “safe” backdoors.
“Once again, this reinforces why we should not allow backdoors to encryption or any other such vulnerability. Over and over again, the proponents of backdooring encryption have insisted that it can be built in a “safe” way, where only government will get the backdoor access to encryption. The fact that some of the NSA’s most powerful hacking tools have not only been leaked but are now wreaking havoc around the world, should put a complete end to the “going dark” debate. But it won’t. It’s not safe, but many in the law enforcement community, in particular, are in denial about this. “
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