--On Friday, September 14, 2018 15:55 -0700 Randy Bush
<randy@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> i am less comfortable with hiding this critical discussion off
> in some obscure mailing list. we already have enough problems
> with closed iab discussions.
+1
> but making clear that strong
> encryption is here to stay and that is a good thing is
> principle.
Yes, I certainly hope so. However, I also think we need to be
aware that, while I hope history doesn't repeat itself in this
case, the historical trend ("historical" = centuries, not
Internet time) has been that, if whatever passes for strong
encryption at the time starts becoming sufficiently intrusive,
governments have often responded by banning encryption entirely
and trying to enforce those bans. That potentially provides a
new way to fragment the Internet with a boundary between those
who use strong encryption and those who are put at considerable
risk by trying to do so. I'm still prepared to believe that
strong encryption is a good thing in principle, but we should
also all be careful what we wish for.
Cassandra
