Security with a backdoor is no security
by Volker Weber
Does the @washingtonpost & brilliant TSA know that they just compromised their locking system by putting this out pic.twitter.com/DBPHB0qclK
— Luke Rudkowski (@Lukewearechange) August 21, 2015Do you understand now, why encryption with a backdoor for law enforcement is a terrible idea?
Comments
I have long understood, but those in authority will not be told: law enforcement agencies always think they know best, until it is demonstrated that they don't.
If you look at the comments to the twitter post, most people are commenting on the fact that TSA has the master keys. It seems to me it's the photos of the keys which are a problem, because one can make copies of those, no?
Exactly.
...so the real nonsense here is that the 'responsible' enforcement agency, cannot be trusted to keep secret things secret. It renders all attempts at security lower down the food chain, futile.
Exactly.
Now imagine that any 'responsible' enforcement agency wants to be able to break encryption. Like the TSA can unlock your bags.
Wired has a nice followup on this:
http://www.wired.com/2015/09/lockpickers-3-d-print-tsa-luggage-keys-leaked-photos/
