Your views on encryption?

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It has been a difficult few days with the madness that happened in London only a few days ago.
So main headlines on BBC is whatsapp is the messaging app for terrorists due to there end to end encryption.
(even whatsapp can "not" decrypt the messages)

It is a rock and a hard place at the moment.
People are fed up with the government snooping on people.
Yet something needs done to prevent mad people attacking "our" basic standards of life.

It was not to long ago the BBC used terror laws to take legal action against fee dodgers.
So terror is not really terror.
Now the government is to talk to whatsapp about there encryption methods.

Is it me or do the government use these times to get more power of surveillance over us all?
 

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The Government has complained about end to end encryption prior to this happening.
The cynic in me finds it strange how they find this guy using it to send messages when they obviously want a back door access prior to this.
But then again it is a popular app and obvioulsy makes sense to use cos of the end to end encryption.
However everytime they want access to software or justify a means for something then they seem to find a criminal or terrorist doing or using something which then provokes a justified reaction to get access.

Whether they found him to be using this app or not then in my opinion I don't think this should give them the right to break the system for a back door access.
Terrorists and criminals will just use a different app or method once they know the Government is watching. Then were does that leave the rest of us still using it.
 
if you haven't got anything to hide what's the problem.I think the goverment officials should have access to messages including whatsapp messages to beat terrorism. it's unfortunatle but thats the world we live in now.
 
I don't think it's as easy as saying yeah we give you just access. The situation with Apple that happend a few months ago and Tim Cook had a good point and said if they put a back door in for the FBI what's to say no one else will be able to find it? I think it be even more scarier knowing that someone out there could easily gain access to millions of accounts instantly. It might not be for terrisom but people could gain information and blackmail etc...
 
Each account on ANY system that uses encryption, should have a Master Password, or key, to get into it, should the need arise!
This key should only be held by the relevant owner/authority of the system in question!
Before someone subscribes to the use of any system that uses encryption, they should accept a disclaimer, that allows their details/messages etc, to be accessed by relevant parties>
 
Yep lol , but true if I can dig it out I'll post it up somewere
 
Bit ironic really, encryption software that's never been broken but you were using a cracked version. :proud:

LOL, very true! I guess they cracked the licence bit though, not the encryption code (hopefully)!
 
3 reasons why securstar is very safe;-

Q: Has the DriveCrypt encryption ever been broken/hacked?

A: No! In the past, we have also launched several contests offering up to 100,000 US$ for the first person able to open a DriveCrypt encrypted disk
Nobody succeeded! (See our press section for more details)

Q: We are from the "Police" "Tax authority" "Security Company". and are investigating on someone whose computer is protected with your DriveCrypt software. Since we were not able to break into the protected computer ourselves, could you please assist us getting access to the encrypted data? If requested, we can provide you with a court order.

A: Sorry, but our software has been designed to be the most secure in the industry, and as such not even our programmers are able to break into a DriveCrypt encrypted computer.
The only way to get access to the protected data is by entering the correct password known only by the legitimate user.

Q: Is there a back door in your software?

A: No. There is no back door in our software, and there is no point in making one as we might risk losing the good reputation of our products. Besides this, today there is no law in Germany that can force us to make one in our software.
 
Encryption proibition will never "work". Many countries tried, none could fully implement it. Secure communications will always be available
 
Germany are one of only a handful of countries world wide that do not require a "backdoor key" to be implemented within the software hence Securstar reside there. The only way to bypass is with your password.

If anyone thinks it's crackable then I would strongly advise them to go and grab the 100K on offer, plenty have tried and all have failed. If we can't crack a winrar long numbers and letters password and N3 and even friggin Whatsapp then what chance have we with Securstar.
I once lost forgot mine on a laptop using SecurStar, I ended up formatting and losing all.
 
Whether we like it or not, we live in a digital era, and with that comes risk and benefits. There are genuinely bad people out there, to the point where big x86 manufacturers like Intel and AMD will allow custom co-processors to be added to their CPUs, to give a backdoor into the kernel if needed. But that power is incredibly open to abuse. He who sacrifices freedom for safety deserves neither.
 
Little point in worrying about end-to-end encryption by providers such as Apple or whatsapp when you can run your own very easily and at little cost.
 
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