Re: Nuanced points and RFC 1984

[Stewart Bryant <stbryant@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 17/08/2015 15:57, Eliot Lear wrote:

Harald,

On 8/17/15 2:09 PM, Harald Alvestrand wrote:

On 08/17/2015 09:06 AM, Eliot Lear wrote:

Escrow is only useful against law-abiding people who
trust the government(s) in the first place.

It's that assertion that has been repeatedly proven false with all
manner of other technology.

{{citation needed}} - in other debates, I've heard "proof" claimed for
all sorts of things; sometimes it's things I believe; sometimes it turns
out that the "proof" is itself hugely controversial.

Fortunately the majority of criminals are not so smart, and fundamentally
that is the edge that makes law enforcement possible. A Google search will
produce many examples, for example the bank robber that confessed on
youtube, or the motorcyclist that posted video proof that he could ride a bike
at 148mph in a 70 limit.

So whilst the clever criminals may avoid escrow, most would use whatever
communications technology they were provided with, and of course the
clever ones may well accidentally stray into escrow enough of the time
to make them vulnerable.

- Stewart