[–] Fortune-5Billion 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
In this case it means encryption that the company doesnt have the key for, any encryption is breakable given enough time and a fast enough computer, but the government wants companies to be able to break the encryption without needing time or a computer.
[–] Fortune-5Billion ago (edited ago)
Any encryption that can be udecrypted and read is eventually crackable. (theoretically at least, it may not be feasible or realistic, but it is doable).
Obviously its possible to encrypt something to the point where it can never be decrypted, but then it would not be worth anything neways.
[–] 3064692? 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago
Not all encryption. One-time pads can't be broken. But what this idiotic laws refers to is forbidding encryption that the company can't decrypt/don't have the keys.
And serious criminals of course won't respect the law obviously, but it is making it harder for them.
However this law is for mass surveilance. And mass surveilance isn't meant for the criminals, it is to get blackmail on local political enemies. Just watch what the FBI did with Occupy Wall Street
[–] SteelKidney ago
"Unbreakable Encryption" means you're in a movie or TV show that requires unbreakable encryption as a plot point.
Okay, here's the thing. Good encryption is difficult to break the way people normally think of "breaking" encryption. RSA, AES, Blowfish, PGP/GPG- these were not only written by experts, but then they were tested, improved, and vetted by other experts. Breaking by brute force is possible, but not practical. When PGP first came out, it was estimated that a brute force attack would take longer than the Earth has left to live. However, encryption is difficult to implement properly. "Breaking" encryption is really about attacking the implementation, not the encryption itself. Is there a flaw that lets you find the key in memory? Is it susceptible to the Padding Oracle Attack? Can you access the PGP keyring and reverse the key hash using a rainbow table? These are some of the ways encryption is "broken".
[–] NapoleonComplex 0 points 15 points 15 points (+15|-0) ago
It's an unenforceable law written by people who don't understand what they are legislating against.