Civics is Boring. So, Let's Encrypt Something!

The proposal offered here ought to make everybody happy. Law enforcement will have ways to gain access to communications, provided they can convince a judge it's necessary. Important communications will be able to continue using the same strength of encryption they use today. Communications that didn't require encryption in the first place will be able to employ sufficient encryption to prevent trivial wiretapping, but nothing strong enough to prevent brute-force access should a judge decide that's necessary.

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Queue
Published
2024-10-31
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1145/3703126
Primary Topic
Law, Rights, and Freedoms
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Civics is Boring. So, Let's Encrypt Something!

Poul-Henning Kamp
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Civics is Boring. So, Let's Encrypt Something!

Poul-Henning Kamp
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Abstract

The proposal offered here ought to make everybody happy. Law enforcement will have ways to gain access to communications, provided they can convince a judge it's necessary. Important communications will be able to continue using the same strength of encryption they use today. Communications that didn't require encryption in the first place will be able to employ sufficient encryption to prevent trivial wiretapping, but nothing strong enough to prevent brute-force access should a judge decide that's necessary.

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